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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

Co-authored by Dr. Kate Kingsbury* and Dr. Andrew Chesnut It's Brazil that's been in the...

May 2020

May 04, 2020

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...

April 2020

April 26, 2020

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 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...

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...

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...

April 2019

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 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....

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...

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 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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