American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism (Catholic Practice in the Americas) [1 ed.] 1531504876, 9781531504878

A vital collection of interdisciplinary essays that illuminates the significance of Marian shrines and promises to teach

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American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism (Catholic Practice in the Americas) [1 ed.]
1531504876, 9781531504878

A vital collection of interdisciplinary essays that illuminates the significance of Marian shrines and promises to teach

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This volume demonstrates how, from the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade, enslaved and free Africans in the Americas

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