Latin American and Latino Studies presents

“How did Santa Muerte, a Mexican folk saint, become the fastest growing new religious movement in the West?”

Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut
Virginia Commonwealth University
with
Dr. Kate Kingsbury
University of Alberta

The leading expert on the fastest growing new religious movement in the Americas, Dr. 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.