TY - BOOK ID - 138265716 TI - The invisible war : indigenous devotions, discipline, and dissent in colonial Mexico PY - 2011 SN - 080477739X PB - Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Indians of Mexico KW - Idolatry KW - Inquisition KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Religion. KW - Rites and ceremonies. KW - History. KW - Catholic Church KW - Mexico KW - Religious life and customs. KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138265716 AB - After the conquest of Mexico, colonial authorities attempted to enforce Christian beliefs among indigenous peoples-a project they envisioned as spiritual warfare. The Invisible War assesses this immense but dislocated project by examining all known efforts in Central Mexico to obliterate native devotions of Mesoamerican origin between the 1530's and the late eighteenth century. The author's innovative interpretation of these efforts is punctuated by three events: the creation of an Inquisition tribunal in Mexico in 1571; the native rebellion of Tehuantepec in 1660; and the emergence of eerily m ER -