Peru. He holds a Ph.D. in Latin American History from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a founding member (2004), professor, and researcher at the Institute of History of the Universidad de los Andes, Chile. In 2009, he was awarded the Fulbright-Mecesup2 scholarship and completed his doctoral studies in the USA. The present work originates from his doctoral thesis under the direction of Drs. Matthew Butler and Virginia Garrard, renowned specialists in the religious history of Latin America and co-authors of The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America. His research has focused on biography, prosopography, and bibliography; and more broadly, on the political, cultural, and religious history of our continent.