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Devoted to death : Santa Muerte, the skeleton saint / R. Andrew Chesnut

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780190633349
  • 0190633344
  • 9780190633356
  • 0190633352
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Devoted to death.DDC classification:
  • 202/.30972 23
LOC classification:
  • BL504 .C44 2018eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction-​Blue Candle: Insight and Concentration -- 1. Brown Candle: History and Origins of the Cult -- 2. White Candle: Beliefs and Practices -- 3. Black Candle: Protection and Harm -- 4. Red Candle: Love and Passion -- 5. Gold Candle: Prosperity and Abundance -- 6. Purple Candle: Healing -- 7. Green Candle: Law and Justice -- Conclusion-​Seven-​Color Candle: Multiple Miracles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: R. Andrew Chesnut offers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past eight years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes. Although condemned as satanic by both Catholic and Protestant churches, this folk saint's supernatural powers appeal to millions of Mexican citizens and Central American and Mexican immigrants.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1581030

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction-​Blue Candle: Insight and Concentration -- 1. Brown Candle: History and Origins of the Cult -- 2. White Candle: Beliefs and Practices -- 3. Black Candle: Protection and Harm -- 4. Red Candle: Love and Passion -- 5. Gold Candle: Prosperity and Abundance -- 6. Purple Candle: Healing -- 7. Green Candle: Law and Justice -- Conclusion-​Seven-​Color Candle: Multiple Miracles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

R. Andrew Chesnut offers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past eight years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes. Although condemned as satanic by both Catholic and Protestant churches, this folk saint's supernatural powers appeal to millions of Mexican citizens and Central American and Mexican immigrants.

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