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Having researched the Mexican skeleton saint Santa Muerte for the past decade I am quite...

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut In a country with the world’s...

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut In a country with the world’s...

By Guest Contributor Dr. Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada* Nola, a small town outside of Naples in the...

By guest contributor *Dr. Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi The Universal Church of the Kingdom of...

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut As of the past few decades,...

By guest contributor Judika Illes* Where do you go if your legal papers are taking...

By Kate Kingsbury The Mexican State’s relationship with the region of Oaxaca, is tenuous, unlike...

Folklore Thursday is one of my favorite twitter accounts, which true to its name curates...

Co-autoria por la Dra. Kate Kingsbury* y el Dr. Andrew Chesnut. Traducido del ingles por la...

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut He only appeared two years ago...

By Guest Columnist Ezer R. May May* and translated from the original Spanish by Dr....

Kate Kingsbury et Andrew Chesnut A travers le monde des Catholiques sont de plus en plus...

Co-autoria por la Dra. Kate Kingsbury* y el Dr. Andrew Chesnut. Traducido del ingles por la...

Por Ezer R. May May* Vientos de espiritualidades y religiosidades han soplado atravesando los discursos...

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut Mexicans will tell you that they...

Co-authored by Dr. Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut Two factors were decisive...

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut While many Americans are now familiar...

The interminable drug war in Mexico reveals that the lethal mix of religion and terrorism...

Co-authored by Dr. Andrew Chesnut and David Metcalfe* In the U.S., the Catholic festival of...

By guest contributor David Metcalfe* “And therefore, tremble in fear, now, Satan…you corrupter of justice!...

Authored by guest contributor Dr. Kate Kingsbury* - please note this piece is an abbreviated...

I began my academic career as a specialist in religion in Brazil and authored the...

Authored by guest contributor Dr. Kate Kingsbury* The Bamiléké of Cameroon have long believed that...

Arlene Bynon (AB): Andrew Chesnut is joining us, the Bishop Walter F. Sullivan Chair in...

Pew Research Center, for which I have served as an academic consultant, has published seven...

Authored by guest contributor Dr. Kate Kingsbury*   Early Christianity featured exorcism at its fulcrum....

As a specialist in lived religion much of my memento mori research in Europe this...

In a major shift on Church teaching, Pope Francis has declared capital punishment unacceptable in...

Macabre isn’t usually one of the adjectives used to describe contemporary dance in its myriad...