Brothers of Light: The Penitentes of the Southwest

by Alice Corbin Henderson

In New Mexico, during Lent and Holy Week each year, the Penitent Brotherhood enacts a primitive Passion Play, which in its traditional ritual of self-torture represents a curious survival of the Middle Ages. Much lurid journalism has been devoted to the Penitentes, but in this sympathetic account by Alice Corbin Henderson, an eye-witness, the ceremonies are presented in their true aspect, with the historic background and reason for the survival...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632935732
• ISBN13: 9781632935731
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"