Christina H. Lee is Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University.

Saints of Resistance effectively challenges the tendency of area studies to prioritize the local variations of colonial phenomena at the expense of both the structural features of Spain's "spiritual conquest" project in the Philippines. Both aspects of colonial rule introduce a transpacific dimension to the study of Philippine and global Christianity, which opens the door to a new generation of scholars tracing the outlines of a Spanish Pacific and Iberian globalization.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations Note on Proper Names and Translations List of Figures 1. Introduction 2. Santo Niño in Recoding the History of the Spanish Conquest 3. Our Lady of Caysasay, The Chinese Goddess of the Sea 4. Our Lady of the Rosary La Naval in the Making of the Spanish Pacific 5. Our Lady of Antipolo, Our Lady of the Tree 6. Conclusion BibliographyIndex

Christina H. Lee is Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University.

Saints of Resistance effectively challenges the tendency of area studies to prioritize the local variations of colonial phenomena at the expense of both the structural features of Spain's "spiritual conquest" project in the Philippines. Both aspects of colonial rule introduce a transpacific dimension to the study of Philippine and global Christianity, which opens the door to a new generation of scholars tracing the outlines of a Spanish Pacific and Iberian globalization.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations Note on Proper Names and Translations List of Figures 1. Introduction 2. Santo Niño in Recoding the History of the Spanish Conquest 3. Our Lady of Caysasay, The Chinese Goddess of the Sea 4. Our Lady of the Rosary La Naval in the Making of the Spanish Pacific 5. Our Lady of Antipolo, Our Lady of the Tree 6. Conclusion BibliographyIndex

Christina H. Lee is Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University.

Saints of Resistance effectively challenges the tendency of area studies to prioritize the local variations of colonial phenomena at the expense of both the structural features of Spain's "spiritual conquest" project in the Philippines. Both aspects of colonial rule introduce a transpacific dimension to the study of Philippine and global Christianity, which opens the door to a new generation of scholars tracing the outlines of a Spanish Pacific and Iberian globalization.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations Note on Proper Names and Translations List of Figures 1. Introduction 2. Santo Niño in Recoding the History of the Spanish Conquest 3. Our Lady of Caysasay, The Chinese Goddess of the Sea 4. Our Lady of the Rosary La Naval in the Making of the Spanish Pacific 5. Our Lady of Antipolo, Our Lady of the Tree 6. Conclusion BibliographyIndex