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Chaired Professor of Religious Studies at VCU https://vcu.academia.edu/AndrewChesnut |Santa Muerte| Film, TV & News Consultant| Expert Witness| My Books https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001KHTDGE
On #WorldBookDay 4 of my academic books spanning 3 decades with Born Again in Brazil in 1997 to Devoted to Death (3rd ed) in 2025. My seminal book on Santa Muerte has been translated to 6 languages with the Spanish version seen here. All are available here www.amazon.com/Books-Andrew...
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First time I’ve been able to enjoy sitting on our back patio since November!
05.03.2026 21:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Where’s Santa Muerte? The Catholic Altar of El Mencho
Saint Jude, Patron of Lost Causes, was his go-to saint, apparently even in the grave!
www.patheos.com/blogs/theglo...
On #WorldBookDay 4 of my academic books spanning 3 decades with Born Again in Brazil in 1997 to Devoted to Death (3rd ed) in 2025. My seminal book on Santa Muerte has been translated to 6 languages with the Spanish version seen here. All are available here www.amazon.com/Books-Andrew...
#BookSky
Memorializing the Dead at Naples’ Feast of Madonna dell’Arco
New on my @patheos.com column by guest contributor Francesco Pepe! www.patheos.com/blogs/theglo... #AcademicSky #Italy #Naples #Catholic #Mafia
"El sociólogo Andrew Chesnut, estiman entre cinco y 12 millones de seguidores en México y Estados Unidos, lo que la colocaría entre los movimientos religiosos de mayor crecimiento en el hemisferio occidental." www.mural.com.mx/expanden-el-...
04.03.2026 18:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Memorializing the Dead at Naples’ Feast of Madonna dell’Arco
New on my @patheos.com column by guest contributor Francesco Pepe! www.patheos.com/blogs/theglo... #AcademicSky #Italy #Naples #Catholic #Mafia
That time an Italian exchange student in Mexico learned a hard lesson about crashing narco-funerals! www.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
04.03.2026 12:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"The Cult of Santa Muerte is Spreading in Jalisco"
"Sociologist Andrew Chesnut estimates between 5 and 12 million followers in Mexico and the United States, placing her among the fastest-growing religious movements in the Western Hemisphere." www.mural.com.mx/expanden-el-...
#AcademicSky #Mexico
A stack of books on a white shelf, next to a glass-encased novena candle with a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe on it. The book titles include "Santa Muerte" by Rollin, "La Santisima Muerte: A Mexican Folk Saint by E Bryant Holman, "Baphomet" by Twyman/Rivera, "Kali: The Dark Goddess of Dakshineshwar " by Elizabrh Harding, "Pan: The Great Gods Modern Return" by Pail Robichaud, "Devoted to Desth" by Andrew Chestnut, "Bahomet" by Stuffin, "Weaving Fate" by Aidan Watcher, "The Comoleye Srcret Cypher of the UFOnaughts" by Allen Greenfield
My stacks of physical books have been slowly growing again. It's making me nervous, as I've acquired & been forced to sell carefully curated occult libraries 3 times before.
At least brain fog has handicapped my reading so I'm not tearing through 100+ books/yr anymore 😅
#witch #occult #booksky
"The Cult of Santa Muerte is Spreading in Jalisco"
"Sociologist Andrew Chesnut estimates between 5 and 12 million followers in Mexico and the United States, placing her among the fastest-growing religious movements in the Western Hemisphere." www.mural.com.mx/expanden-el-...
#AcademicSky #Mexico
Thrilled to see the first edition of my "Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint" in your library of the occult! The new third edition with updates across the board and new content is out now! a.co/d/0hOkpO7F
#BookSky #AcademicSky #Mexico
🪷 Worshipers of the Templo de #Antinoo in Mexico City honor Mexico's first homophobia martyr saint of #Antinous, #JorgeFernandezMartínez, murdered 3 March 2016 in #Tutlitlán. His funeral, in the name of Antinous, was at the #SantaMuerte shrine there: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/03/mexi... 🪷
03.03.2026 00:10 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"Rest in peace, friend - Ayatollah Khamenei"
Public transport vans in Mexico City often have Santa Muerte or Saint Jude bumper stickers.
2 sides of same coin
02.03.2026 12:35 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0My article was the first in English and @usnews.com is doing a story based on it this week.
02.03.2026 15:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thrilled to see the first edition of my "Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint" in your library of the occult! The new third edition with updates across the board and new content is out now! a.co/d/0hOkpO7F
#BookSky #AcademicSky #Mexico
2 sides of same coin
02.03.2026 12:35 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Ha, that's my own article!
02.03.2026 10:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
But they said he was “The peace president.” 🥴
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The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.
We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.
"Assemble the Board of Peace - I'm starting a war".
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As the US and Israel attack Iran, read @jeetheer.bsky.social's piece from this week on why Trump's war of choice could be even more catastrophic than the Iraq War. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Where’s Santa Muerte? The Catholic Altar of El Mencho
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#Mexico #Catholic #SantaMuerte #AcademicSky
City government employee on the outskirts of Puerto Vallarta, which was just hit with narco-violence after the elmination of El Mencho, in hot water for having a Santa Muerte altar in his office.
tribunadelabahia.com.mx/altar-santa-...
¿Dónde está La Santa Muerte?: Sobre el altar católico de El Mencho
www.diversidadreligiosa.com.ar/blog/el-alta...
Articulo mio publicado en Argentina
#AcademicSky #Argentina #Mexico #Catholic #SantaMuerte
Where’s Santa Muerte? The Catholic Altar of El Mencho
www.patheos.com/blogs/theglo...
#Mexico #Catholic #SantaMuerte #AcademicSky
