My Penitente Land: Reflections on Spanish New Mexico Print
Fray Angelico Chavez
- Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press 1974
- 272 p. Hardback book.
Part one: Holy Land Cross over Jordan ; Lands of Genesis ; Broad is Castile ; Same as Jerusalem's ; Into the Promised Land ; The Miserable Kingdom Part two: The Nazirite Blood and sand ; The Consecrated Ones ; Way of the Cross ; Flagellanti versus Francis ; The Cross and the Book Part three: Anima Hispanica Semitic Spain ; Conquistador and Penitente ; A new world Babel ; The Lost Tribe ; Return from Babylon Part four: Sangre de Cristo Secular interlude ; The Mexican interlude ; Stars and stripes ; The Spanish New Mexican
A history of the Penitentes, a religious order unique to New Mexico. Using poetic language, Father Chavez traces the Petitente's spiritual lineage back to Spain and Israel.