We\'re All Gonna Die: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint

Presented by: London Fortean Society

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0	LONDON: The Bell
P	Thursday 27th July, 2017
N	7:45pm

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Viva La Muerte! Santa Muerte, Folk Saint and Holy Personification of Death, Healer and Protector

The leading expert on the fastest growing new religious movement in the Americas, Dr. Andrew Chesnut will explain how Mexican folk saint, Santa Muerte (Saint Death), has gone from only a few thousand devotees in 2001 to some 12 million today.

Chesnut is Professor of Religious Studies and holds the Bishop Walter F. Sullivan Chair in Catholic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He authored the first and only academic book in English on the Bony Lady, Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint (OUP, 2012).