A partir de la literatura de viajes (diarios, memorias y correspondencia), escrita por viajeros extranjeros que recorrieron Colombia entre 1819 y 1899, el libro aborda dos temas: la religion y la religiosidad profesadas, ambas, por los colombianos.
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