R. Andrew Chesnut is Bishop Walter F. Sullivan Chair in Catholic Studies and professor of religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of Competitive Spirits: Latin America's New Religious Economy and Born Again in Brazil: The Pentecostal Boom and the Pathogens of Poverty.
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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 L... SEE MORE