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Death on the Road – A Vision of Santa Muerte in the American Heartland
By Guest Contributor Aaman Lamba* In the before times, when we were all free birds...
January 03, 2022
Foreword to the French Edition of “Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint”
By Dr. Kate Kingsbury* We are living in a time of much death, or what...
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Meet the Mexican Death Trinity – Day of the Dead, Catrina Calavera and Santa Muerte
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The Good Death Resurrected – Memento Mori and Santa Muerte as Spirit of the Times
Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Professor R. Andrew Chesnut Having spent the past decade...
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Holy Hellraisers – Meet the Thug Saints of Venezuela
By Guest Contributor Marvin J. Mijares* Since I can remember, I have heard of people...
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Cultuando a Criminales: los Santos Malandros de Venezuela
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August 11, 2021
Sebastian and Santa Muerte – Simpatico Saints of Holy Death and LGBTQ
Having contemplated hundreds of Catholic saints over the past decade for my research both on...
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Mexican Catholics Turn to the Holy Child Doctor for Healing in Times of Covid-19
By Guest Contributor Dr. Kate Kingsbury* Across Mexico people are turning to miraculous holy healers...
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Sacking the Saints – Pentecostal Persecution of Religious Rivals in Brazil
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Mushroom Mysticism and the Paschal Mystery
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2020 Census Reveals Catholic Decline and Protestant Growth in Mexico Under Pope Francis
By guest contributor Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Domínguez* This analysis originally appeared in the Nexos online blog...
October 2020
October 21, 2020
Mexico’s Dames and Days of Death – Santa Muerte, Catrina Calavera and Dia de los Muertos
Jointly authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury*, David B. Metcalfe**, and Dr. Andrew Chesnut The season...
October 04, 2020
Evangelical Churches Seize Power in Latin America: ‘The Catholic Church Has Been Lax’
"The Bible returns to the presidential palace." That's what the Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez...
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August 28, 2020
Colonizing Death -American Evangelist Crusades Against Santa Muerte at Landmark Shrine in Tepito
By Dr. Kate Kingsbury and Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut Since what is now the...
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July 30, 2020
‘God’s Battle Axe and Weapon of War’ – The African Pentecostalism of Trump’s COVID Doctor, Pastor Stella Immanuel
Co-authored by Dr. Andrew Chesnut and Dr. Kate Kingsbury* Glaringly absent from most of the...
July 25, 2020
Praying to Godmother Death – New Evidence of Santa Muerte Venerated as ‘Comadre Sebastiana’ in 19th-Century New Mexico
During the second half of the 19th century in the mountain towns of New Mexico...
June 2020
June 28, 2020
Dr. Kate Kingsbury Pens Foreword to Turkish Edition of “Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint”
First published by Oxford University Press in 2012 with the second edition in 2017, my...
June 14, 2020
The New Pentecostal Inquisition in Latin America – Guatemalan Maya Spiritual Guide Burned at Stake for Witchcraft
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Supernatural Sorority – The Religious Feminism of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
What really struck me in the second episode of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is...
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Penny Dreadful is Plenty Dreadful: Cultural Misappropriation and More of Santa Muerte
Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut In this piece we explore the...
March 2020
March 24, 2020
Life and Death in the Time of Coronavirus: Santa Muerte, the ‘Holy Healer’
‘My name is Death: the last best friend am I’. Robert Southey, 1816 Co-authored by...
February 2020
February 06, 2020
Leading Santa Muerte Expert Interviewed on the Fastest Growing New Religious Movement in the West
What prompted your interest in the Santa Muerte phenomena?* I am a specialist in the...
November 2019
November 26, 2019
Why Have Evangelical Churches Gained So Much Political Influence in Latin America? Expert Points to 5 Factors in BBC Interview
“The Bible has returned to the palace," Bolivian interim President Senator Jeanine Áñez said when...
November 23, 2019
Pachamama as Lightning Rod of Division over the Papacy of Pope Francis
Pachamama has become the latest lightning rod of division in the Catholic Church. She is...
November 08, 2019
Mexico’s Patron of Lost Causes – A Photographic Portrait of Saint Jude on His Feast Day
As a specialist in the Mexican religious landscape I had visited the Saint Jude shrine...
October 2019
October 22, 2019
Catholic Cartels? Ovidio Guzman and the Narco-Saints of Mexico
Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Professor Andrew Chesnut A widely circulated photo of Ovidio...
October 11, 2019
Competing for Amazonian Souls – The Amazon Synod and Pentecostal Competition in the Global South
By Professor Andrew Chesnut and Doctor Kate Kingsbury* While the Catholic Church adopts a preferential...
October 01, 2019
Mexican Folk Saint Santa Muerte – The Fastest Growing New Religious Movement in the West
Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut Santa Muerte, Saint Death and Holy...
August 2019
August 29, 2019
Pentecostal Gangs in Rio de Janeiro Ratchet Up Their Persecution of Afro-Brazilian Religions under President Bolsonaro
Co-authored by Dr. Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut Brazilian history since the...
August 16, 2019
Holy Child of Raffles – The Mexican Christ Child Asleep on a Skull
Having researched the Mexican skeleton saint Santa Muerte for the past decade I am quite...
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