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El Nino Fidencio, a childlike, playful figure who loved to sing, dance and dress up, began his career as a healer at the age of eightThe New York Times praises Griffith: He writes of the beliefs and customs of people far different from himself with a gentle tone and spirit of restraint and simple decency.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49531284226321,"sku":"CIN1887896511G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49650811207953,"sku":"GOR013387817","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51334917325073,"sku":"CIN1887896511VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1887896511.jpg?v=1751412706"},{"product_id":"face-of-christ-in-sonora-el-rostro-del-senor-en-sonora-book-james-s-griffith-9781933855066","title":"The Face of Christ in Sonora\/El Rostro del Senor En Sonora","description":"A sumptuous full-color study of devotional art. Renowned folklorist James S. Griffith teams up with Mexican scholar Francisco Javier Manzo Taylor to celebrate the compelling images of Christ found in churches, chapels, roadside shrines, and personal altars throughout the border state of Sonora, Mexico. Told in warm, informal stories and pictures, The Face of Christ in Sonora captures the essence of these works of powerful popular art. It also examines their place in history, explains how individual pieces came to be made, and reveals how devotional art expresses the inspiration, belief, perseverance, and survival of a culture. This is more than art, says Manzo Taylor. It's more than religion. It's people. 32 color photos.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50098554929425,"sku":"CIN1933855061G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50927680684305,"sku":"GOR014127574","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1933855061.jpg?v=1751380451"},{"product_id":"saints-statues-and-stories-book-james-s-griffith-9780816539611","title":"Saints, Statues, and Stories","description":". . . we move to the town of Aconchi on the Río Sonora, where the mission church once contained a life-sized crucifix with a black corpus, known both as Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas . . . and el Cristo Negro de Aconchi . . .\" So describes well-known and beloved folklorist James S. Griffith as he takes us back through the decades to a town in northern Sonora where a statue is saved—and in so doing, a community is saved as well.   In Saints, Statues, and Stories Griffith shares stories of nearly sixty years of traveling through Sonora. As we have come to expect through these journeys, 'Big Jim' - as he is affectionately known by many - offers nothing less than the living traditions of Catholic communities. Themes of saints as agents of protection or community action are common throughout Sonora: a saint coming out of the church to protect the village, a statue having a say in where it resides and paying social calls to other communities, or a beloved image rescued from destruction and then revered on a private altar. A patron saint saves a village from outside attackers in one story-a story that has at least ten parallels in Sonora's former mission communities. Details may vary, but the general narrative remains the same: when hostile nonbelievers attack the village, the patron saint of the church foils them.   Griffith uncovers the meanings behind the devotional uses of religious art from a variety of perspectives-from artist to audience, preservationist to community member. The religious artworks transcend art objects, Griffith believes, and function as ways of communicating between this world and the next. Setting the stage with a brief geography, Griffith introduces us to roadside shrines, artists, fiestas, saints, and miracles. Full-color images add to the pleasure of this delightful journey through the churches and towns of Sonora.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50414427242769,"sku":"CIN0816539618VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52105009201425,"sku":"CIN0816539618G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0816539618.jpg?v=1770285550"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-james-s-griffith.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}