Tag Archives: Dia de los Muertos

Documentary – “Santa Muerte: The Skeleton Saint”

May 2nd, 2015 | Posted in Day of the Dead, death, Dia de los Muertos, Santa Muerte

Andrew Chesnut has been interviewed here at TFQ previously in his work on devotion to Santa Muerte. He has recently produced this short documentary on this titled Santa Muerte: The Skeleton Saint.

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Interview with R. Andrew Chesnut on Santa Muerte, the Saint of Death

November 25th, 2014 | Posted in Day of the Dead, death, Dia de los Muertos, Santa Muerte

R. Andrew Chesnut is Professor of Religious Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint (Oxford University Press, 2012), the first academic study of this topic in in English. He is currently working on the sequel. Chesnut discusses Santa Muerte in the interview below. TheoFantastique: Thank […]

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Reflections on an Academic Conference on the Saint and ‘Cult of Death’

November 24th, 2014 | Posted in Day of the Dead, death, Dia de los Muertos, new religious movements, Santa Muerte

Santa Muerte, the Saint of Death, and the international following she has is an area of interest here at TheoFantastique. R. Andrew Chesnut, author of Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint (Oxford University Press, 2012), recently posted on his blog regarding his thoughts on an international conference in the Netherlands that brought scholars […]

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Titles of Interest – Devoted to Death: Santa Muerta, the Skeleton Saint

October 7th, 2014 | Posted in Day of the Dead, death, Dia de los Muertos, new religious movements, Santa Muerte, Titles of Interest

Devoted to Death: Santa Muerta, the Skelton Saint by R. Andrew Chesnut (Oxford University Press, 2012) R. Andrew Chesnut offers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees over the past decade. Although condemned by mainstream churches, this folk saint’s supernatural powers appeal to millions of Latin […]

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La Santa Muerte: Mexico’s Saint of Sacred Death

November 5th, 2012 | Posted in cultures, death, Dia de los Muertos, Guillermo del Toro, Halloween

This morning I was catching up on various essays at Religion Dispatches and I came across one that especially caught my attention. It was titled “Death Couture: Not for Halloween Only,” with the byline “De-exoticizing Mexico’s patron saint of death,” by Stephen Andes. This fascinating essay describes La Santa Muerte, translated as “Holy Death” or […]

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Jack Santino: Halloween, Folklore, and Death Festivals

October 25th, 2007 | Posted in Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, festivals, Halloween, Jack Santino, liminality

Dr. Jack Santino is a professor in the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH. His academic work has included an analysis of the cultural meaning of holidays and festivals. Among his many publications is the book Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life (Knoxville: University of Tennessee, […]

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