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This course is a thematic exploration of Mexican religion from the sixteenth century on. Students will read secondary and primary readings and will think through concepts like: "popular" and local religion; "spiritual conquest" vs. religious negotiation; visual devotional culture; and spiritual geography. They will learn about histories of: religious orders and Native Americans; religion and "American Baroque" religiosity; the impact of Bourbon Reforms on religious practice; the Church and state in the post- independence period; and popular participation in religious rebellion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.