{"product_id":"men-of-god-mendicant-orders-in-colonial-mexico-hardcover","title":"Men of God: Mendicant Orders in Colonial Mexico - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAsunci?n Lavrin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA broadly researched cultural history, \u003cem\u003eMen of God\u003c\/em\u003e offers a path to understanding the concept of religious masculinity through an intimate approach to the study of friars and lay brothers in colonial Mexico. Though other scholars have focused on the missionary work of the Augustinian, Franciscan, and Dominican friars, few have addressed their everyday lives and how the internal discipline of their orders shaped them. In \u003cem\u003eMen of God\u003c\/em\u003e Asunci?n Lavrin offers a sweeping yet intimate history of the mendicant friars in New Spain from the late sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on these individuals' lives from childhood through death, Lavrin explores contemporaneous ideas, from how to raise a boy to the friars' training as novices, and the similarities and differences in the life experiences of lay brothers and ordained members. She discusses their sexuality to reveal the challenges and failures of religious manhood, as well as the drive behind their missionary duties, especially in the late seventeenth through the eighteenth centuries. \u003cem\u003eMen of God\u003c\/em\u003e also explores the concepts and realities of martyrdom and death, significant elements in the spirituality of the mendicant friars of colonial Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAsunci?n Lavrin\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor emerita of history at Arizona State University. She is the author or editor of many books, including \u003cem\u003eBrides of Christ: Conventional Life in Colonial Mexico\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWomen, Feminism, and Social Change: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890-1940\u003c\/em\u003e (Nebraska, 1998); and \u003cem\u003eSexuality and Marriage in Colonial Latin America\u003c\/em\u003e (Nebraska, 1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsunci?n Lavrin\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita of history at Arizona State University. She is the author or editor of many books, including \u003ci\u003eBrides of Christ: Conventional Life in Colonial Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWomen, Feminism, and Social Change: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890-1940\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 1998); and \u003ci\u003eSexuality and Marriage in Colonial Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 1992). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382935634098,"sku":"9781496237804","price":178.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/8d259845f308f318ffa154e9cb694d36.webp?v=1777847898","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/men-of-god-mendicant-orders-in-colonial-mexico-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}