Moving Crucifixes in Modern Spain

by William A. Christian Jr.

Book Overview

Why are religious visions believed only in certain times and places? In this book William Christian investi gates the settings and responses to a series of group visions reported by Spaniards in rural Galicia, Valencia, Cantabria, and Navarre in the early part of this century the most notable one involving the crucifix at Limpias, where Jesus was first seen agonizing on the cross during a mission service in March of 1919. In light of the social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691600171
• ISBN13: 9780691600178
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"