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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...
July 2019
July 09, 2019
Brazil’s Black Supernatural Sister Queens: Our Lady of Aparecida and Oxum
Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut In a country with the world’s...
July 09, 2019
Brazil’s Black Sister Supernatural Queens – Oxum and Our Lady of Aparecida
Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut In a country with the world’s...
June 2019
June 17, 2019
Loving Saint Paulinus: Patron Saint of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
By Guest Contributor Dr. Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada* Nola, a small town outside of Naples in the...
May 2019
May 30, 2019
President Jair Messias Bolsonaro as Messiah for Brazilian Pentecostals
By guest contributor *Dr. Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi The Universal Church of the Kingdom of...
April 2019
April 28, 2019
Spirits of the Times – Research Team Kingsbury and Chesnut Discuss the Global Exorcism Boom
Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut As of the past few decades,...
April 10, 2019
Need It Done Fast? Meet Saint Expedite
By guest contributor Judika Illes* Where do you go if your legal papers are taking...
March 2019
March 18, 2019
Supplicating Santa Muerte: Fierce Female Folk Saint as Source of Empowerment for Mexican Indigenous Women
By Kate Kingsbury The Mexican State’s relationship with the region of Oaxaca, is tenuous, unlike...
March 15, 2019
The Sensational Saints of Folklore Thursday
Folklore Thursday is one of my favorite twitter accounts, which true to its name curates...
February 2019
February 26, 2019
La Iglesia Mexicana Reprende al Santo Niño Huachicolero, Patrono de los Ladrones de Gasolina, Como Peor que la Santa Muerte
Co-autoria por la Dra. Kate Kingsbury* y el Dr. Andrew Chesnut. Traducido del ingles por la...
February 09, 2019
Mexican Church Rebukes Holy Child of Huachicolero, Patron Saint of Gas Thieves, as Worse than Santa Muerte
Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut He only appeared two years ago...
January 2019
January 28, 2019
President Lopez Obrador and Mexico’s New Religious Diversity
By Guest Columnist Ezer R. May May* and translated from the original Spanish by Dr....
January 20, 2019
Des Catholiques Tentés par L’Évangile de la Prospérité
Kate Kingsbury et Andrew Chesnut A travers le monde des Catholiques sont de plus en plus...
January 16, 2019
Derrotando al Diablo ¿Que Hay detras del Boom Global del Exorcismo?
Co-autoria por la Dra. Kate Kingsbury* y el Dr. Andrew Chesnut. Traducido del ingles por la...
December 2018
December 18, 2018
Presidente AMLO y la Nueva Diversidad Religiosa en Mexico
Por Ezer R. May May* Vientos de espiritualidades y religiosidades han soplado atravesando los discursos...
December 08, 2018
15 Fascinating Facts About the Virgin of Guadalupe
Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut Mexicans will tell you that they...
November 2018
November 28, 2018
Brazilian President-Elect Jair Messias Bolsonaro as Messiah for Evangelicals and Conservative Catholics
Co-authored by Dr. Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut Two factors were decisive...
November 21, 2018
‘Narcosaint’ Jesús Malverde Miraculously Materializes at Trial of El Chapo Guzman
Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut While many Americans are now familiar...
November 14, 2018
The Knights Templar and Saint Nazario – The Narco-Gospel of a Mexican Drug Cartel
The interminable drug war in Mexico reveals that the lethal mix of religion and terrorism...
November 01, 2018
Exorcising Mictecacihuatl – The Origins of Day of the Dead in Mexico
Co-authored by Dr. Andrew Chesnut and David Metcalfe* In the U.S., the Catholic festival of...
October 2018
October 23, 2018
The Exorcist vs Witches – Battling for the Soul of Justice Brett Kavanaugh
By guest contributor David Metcalfe* “And therefore, tremble in fear, now, Satan…you corrupter of justice!...
October 13, 2018
Deciphering the Narcotheology of the Knights Templar Mexican Narcocult
Authored by guest contributor Dr. Kate Kingsbury* - please note this piece is an abbreviated...
September 2018
September 29, 2018
Is Brazil Still Catholic? Andrew Chesnut Discusses the Brazilian Religious Landscape on NPR’s Interfaith Voices
I began my academic career as a specialist in religion in Brazil and authored the...
September 23, 2018
Catholic Church Picks a Bone with Cameroon Skull Cult
Authored by guest contributor Dr. Kate Kingsbury* The Bamiléké of Cameroon have long believed that...
September 16, 2018
Pope Francis and the Sexual Abuse Crisis – An Interview with Andrew Chesnut on Canadian Radio
Arlene Bynon (AB): Andrew Chesnut is joining us, the Bishop Walter F. Sullivan Chair in...
September 06, 2018
An Analytical Snapshot of American Catholics
Pew Research Center, for which I have served as an academic consultant, has published seven...
August 2018
August 30, 2018
Why is Exorcism All the Rage Across the Globe?
Authored by guest contributor Dr. Kate Kingsbury* Early Christianity featured exorcism at its fulcrum....
August 15, 2018
Feasting with the Skeleton Saints of Roggenburg
As a specialist in lived religion much of my memento mori research in Europe this...
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