This study by an author with intergenerational ties to the Penitentes--the deeply religious group called Hermanos de la Luz (Brothers of the Light)--ties the santero folk art of New Mexico, the Penitente Brotherhood, and the Penitente religious hymns together. (Christian)

Michael Wallis's straightforward text and Craig Varjabedian's unadorned photos capture the deep piety of the Penitente Brotherhood and their complex relationship with their history and the modern world.

As a result, Carroll concludes, Penitente membership facilitated the "rise of the modernin New Mexico and--however unintentionally--made it that much easier, after the territory's annexation by the United States, for the Anglo legal system to dispossess Hispanos of their land.

A short history of a secret and sacred Spanish-American Catholic brotherhood who have pledge themselves to Christian devotions.

El Hermano is a rare and authentic window into everyday Hispanic village life the way it once was, and to some extent, persists.

The sacred hymns of New Mexico compiled by the expert on church literature in a handsome bilingual volume.