This volume uses political, religious and cultural history to examine catechesis. Sister de Luna establishes that "religiosidad popular", the core theme for Hispanic theology, is Christian and Catholic and traces its elements in Church catechisms of the 16th to the 20th centuries. She goes on to examine the relationship between theology of beauty, catechesis and spirituality, establishing that the three disciplines were integral to faith formation in the early church but were separated through the centuries. An in-depth analysis of six selected catechisms reveals that popular religion as a combination of faith and culture was evident at the beginning of Hispanic Catholicism in the 16th century. The investigation notes the gradual elimination and eventual replacement of the cultural aspects in the catechetical texts in the 19th century. The author concludes that the reunification of the cultural spiritual symbols with the presentation of doctrine could revitalize catechesis and bring Christian evangelization to a renewed effectiveness.