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November 2018

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 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!...

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 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...

August 06, 2018

Pope Francis’ Absolute Ban on the Death Penalty Aimed at U.S.

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

July 2018

July 30, 2018

Dancing with Death – The Last Danse Macabre in a French Church

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

June 2018

June 06, 2018

How the Polish Black Madonna Became Haitian Vodou Spirit Erzulie Dantor

By Dr. Kate Kingsbury† and Debra Van Neste* Since time immemorial religions have been born from...

June 01, 2018

Is Western Europe Still Christian?

By Dr. Jakob Egeris Thorsen* The Pew Forum has published a report focusing on the...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

The Kiss of Death – Eros and Thanatos in a Barcelona Cemetery

This piece was supposed to be about the Virgin of Montserrat, the Black Matroness of...

May 17, 2018

From Kitchen Saint to Skeleton Saint Rey Pascual – The Bizarre Case of Pascual Bailon

Co-authored by Dr. Andrew Chesnut and Dr. Kate Kingsbury* Guatemalan folk saint Rey Pascual’s foundation...

May 09, 2018

Our Lady of the Bullet as Flak Jacket for Femicide

Surpassed only by Syria in the number of violent deaths in the past decade, Mexico...

April 2018

April 19, 2018

Exorcising the Demons of Africa

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut One of the major novelties...

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