"Bristol is at her best when treating her various case studies--particularly in the blasphemy and witchcraft chapters--where she employs gender, calidad, and religiosity to explore individual Afromexicans' experiences. Those case studies and her readable prose mean that undergraduates will find this accessible, stimulating reading as will specialists of colonial Latin America and the Black Atlantic."—The Americas
"...(a) finely tuned study....Bristol's work is vital..."—Catholic Historical Review
"Well-written...this book should find a home in the libraries not only of our colleges and universities but also those of students and scholars of African-based religions in the Americas, early colonial Christianity and cross-cultural religious impacts."—Religious Studies Review