Destrucción y culto
Book Description
This profound exploration reveals how sacred images became battlegrounds for power and resistance during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Darío Velandia Onofre examines the paradoxical relationship between destroying religious artifacts and venerating them, showing how both acts stem from a shared recognition of images' spiritual potency.
Through compelling case studies spanning the 16th and 17th centuries, the author illuminates how colonized communities navigated between submission and defiance. Some embraced the destruction of their sacred objects as mandated by imperial authorities, while others transformed worship itself into a form of quiet rebellion. These seemingly opposite responses emerge as two expressions of the same fundamental truth: images possess transformative power that transcends their material form.
The book offers readers a nuanced understanding of how spiritual practices adapt under pressure, revealing the complex ways communities preserve their sacred connections even amid systematic oppression. Velandia Onofre's transatlantic perspective demonstrates how visual culture became a contested space where indigenous peoples, colonizers, and emerging hybrid communities negotiated meaning, identity, and spiritual authority.
For those interested in the intersection of spirituality and social justice, this work provides valuable insights into how sacred practices evolve through conflict and compromise. It challenges readers to consider how power structures shape religious expression while highlighting the resilience of spiritual communities facing existential threats to their traditions.
Who Is This For?
📖 Reading Level: Medium (200-400 pages) (~10 hours)
📄 Length: 343 pages
What You'll Discover
- ✓ Explore Religion
- ✓ Learn from indigenous wisdom
- ✓ Explore Christian art and symbolism
- ✓ Explore Religion et politique
- ✓ Explore Destruction and pillage
- ✓ Explore Iconoclasme
- ✓ Explore Symbolism in art
- ✓ Explore Église catholique
