The spiritual conquest of Mexico: an essay on the apostolate and the evangelizing methods of the mendicant orders in New Spain, 1523-1572

Frontmatter\nINTRODUCTION (page 1)\nPART ONE: The Founding of the Church\n	1 First Contacts between Paganism and Christianity (page 15)\n	2 Ethnographic and Linguistic Training of the Missionaries (page 39)\n	3 Geographic Distribution of the Missions and Monasteries (page 61)\n	4 Prebaptismal Instruction and Administration of Baptism (page 83)\n	5 The Catechism (page 96)\n	6 The Administration of the Sacraments (page 109)\n	7 Virtues of the Founders (page 128)\nPART TWO:The Stabilization of the Church\n	8 Social Organization and Public Works (page 135)\n	9 The Hospitals (page 155)\n	10 Missionary Conditions and Church Architecture (page 162)\n	11 Pomp and Magnificence (page 176)\n	12 The Edifying Play (page 194)\n	13 Primary and Technical Schools (page 207)\n	14 Training an Elite: the Problem of a Native Clergy (page 217)\nPART THREE: Conclusions\n	15 Internal Dissensions (page 239)\n	16 Native Resistance (page 264)\n	17 The Early Evangelization and the Religious Evolution of Mexico (page 283)\nAppendix I Preface to the Spanish Edition of 1947 (page 296)\nAppendix II Essay on Sources (page 310)\nAbbreviations Used in Notes (page 324)\nNotes (page 325)\nBibliography (page 381)\nIndex (page 415)