RS E2

altar

ancient site for sacrificial worship

apparition

miraculous appearance of holy figure

collective effervescene

describes communal experience of transcedence

conversion

to see ourselves as God does (image and likeness)

cosmovision

view of creation and a human’s place within it

lo cotidiano

the knowledge of God through daily routines

devotee

someone with a close relationship with a holy figure

devotional triangle

when women in their childhood learn to love La Virgen from their mothers and grandmothers

Don Juan de Zumarraga

a bishop or episcopoi (overseer)

“Flower and Song”

prominent in Nahuatl culture which represents poetry and art of expression

hermitage

a religious group that prefers solitude (hermit)

St. Hildegard of Bingen

abbess of benedictive covenant, wrote books, had visions written in scivias

incarnation

belief God took on human form as Jesus Christ, one of series of lifetimes that a person spends on earth

lament

expression of grief/suffering

Yolanda Lopez

artist, art advocates for chicana rights, not a La Virgin devotee

Mestizo Christianity

new partnership/approach in Euro-Centric Church which embraces diversity and seeks to empower marginalized communities

Mount Tepeyac

site of encounter and transformation, pre-Christian pilgrimage site

Nican Mopohua

Nahuatl phrase begins encounter, “here we recount”

Nahuatl

indigenous language group of Mexico

pilgrimage

sacred journey which expresses great commitment

revelation

God’ communication with humankind

Samaritan woman (John 4:4-42)

example of transformation in the Bible, encountered and talked with Jesus

Santa Muerte

“folk saint,” “sacred female personification of death,” temperamental and demanding

scholastic theology

shaped by medieval university system using disputation method or debate method

shrine

place regarded as holy because of associations with a divinity or sacred person

TANAKH

Gospels that contain a common theme of transformation

Teshuva

hebrew word for repentance or conversion

theology

sustained reflection on revelation

tilma

cloak with Guadalupe’s image

Torah