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Daniel Reff explores similarities between the spread of Christianity in Roman times & its spread in colonial Mexico, using comparisons of the impact of new forms of infectious disease & the church practices of accomodating indigenous religions, particularly through the cult of saints.Reff, Daniel T. is the author of 'Plagues, Priests And Demons Sacred Narratives and the Rise of Christianity in the Old World and the New', published 2004 under ISBN 9780521600507 and ISBN 0521600502.
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