Syncretic Santa Muerte: Holy Death and Religious Bricolage

In this article, we trace the syncretic origins and development of the new religious movement centered on the Mexican folk saint of death, Santa Muerte. We explore how she was born of the syncretic association of the Spanish Catholic Grim Reapress and Pre-Columbian Indigenous thanatologies in the co...

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Authors: Kingsbury, Kate 1980- (Author) ; Chesnut, R. Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2021]
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B Palo Mayombe
B Liminality
B Religion
B Latinx
B Mexico
B Santa Muerte
B Death
B Santeria
B syncretic
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