Terry Rugeley is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma.

• Acknowledgments A Note on Orthography Introduction: Strange Lights, Mysterious Crosses, and the Word of God Denied Chapter 1: Geography, Misery, Agency, Remedy: The Unwritten Almanac of Folk Knowledge Chapter 2: Rural Curas and the Erosion of Mexican Conservatism: The Life of Raymundo PÉrez Chapter 3: The Bourgeois Spiritual Path: A History of Urban Piety Chapter 4: Spiritual Power, Worldly Possession: A History of ImÁgenes Chapter 5: Official Cult and Peasant Protocol: Rural CofradÍas and the History of San Antonio Xocneceh Chapter 6: A Culture of Conflict: Anticlericalism, Parish Problems, and Alternative Beliefs Chapter 7: "Burning the Torch of Revolution": Religion, Nationalism, and the Loss of the PetÉn Conclusion: The Motives for Miracle Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

"This is a major new work on nineteenth-century Mexico that contributes to our understanding of popular religion, the nature of political conservatism, and the nature of local politics... It represents the most innovative and creative scholarship now being undertaken in Mexican history ... and will be widely used in classes and discussed by scholars." William H. Beezley, Professor of History, University of Arizona

Terry Rugeley is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma.

• Acknowledgments A Note on Orthography Introduction: Strange Lights, Mysterious Crosses, and the Word of God Denied Chapter 1: Geography, Misery, Agency, Remedy: The Unwritten Almanac of Folk Knowledge Chapter 2: Rural Curas and the Erosion of Mexican Conservatism: The Life of Raymundo PÉrez Chapter 3: The Bourgeois Spiritual Path: A History of Urban Piety Chapter 4: Spiritual Power, Worldly Possession: A History of ImÁgenes Chapter 5: Official Cult and Peasant Protocol: Rural CofradÍas and the History of San Antonio Xocneceh Chapter 6: A Culture of Conflict: Anticlericalism, Parish Problems, and Alternative Beliefs Chapter 7: "Burning the Torch of Revolution": Religion, Nationalism, and the Loss of the PetÉn Conclusion: The Motives for Miracle Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

"This is a major new work on nineteenth-century Mexico that contributes to our understanding of popular religion, the nature of political conservatism, and the nature of local politics... It represents the most innovative and creative scholarship now being undertaken in Mexican history ... and will be widely used in classes and discussed by scholars." William H. Beezley, Professor of History, University of Arizona

Terry Rugeley is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma.

• Acknowledgments A Note on Orthography Introduction: Strange Lights, Mysterious Crosses, and the Word of God Denied Chapter 1: Geography, Misery, Agency, Remedy: The Unwritten Almanac of Folk Knowledge Chapter 2: Rural Curas and the Erosion of Mexican Conservatism: The Life of Raymundo PÉrez Chapter 3: The Bourgeois Spiritual Path: A History of Urban Piety Chapter 4: Spiritual Power, Worldly Possession: A History of ImÁgenes Chapter 5: Official Cult and Peasant Protocol: Rural CofradÍas and the History of San Antonio Xocneceh Chapter 6: A Culture of Conflict: Anticlericalism, Parish Problems, and Alternative Beliefs Chapter 7: "Burning the Torch of Revolution": Religion, Nationalism, and the Loss of the PetÉn Conclusion: The Motives for Miracle Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

"This is a major new work on nineteenth-century Mexico that contributes to our understanding of popular religion, the nature of political conservatism, and the nature of local politics... It represents the most innovative and creative scholarship now being undertaken in Mexican history ... and will be widely used in classes and discussed by scholars." William H. Beezley, Professor of History, University of Arizona