Devoted to Death: The Meteoric Rise of Santa Muerte the Skeleton Saint

Dr. Andrew Chesnut is the leading expert on the fastest growing new religious movement

09 February 2018

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 Saint Death, 'Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint' published by Oxford University Press in 2012 and 2017.

The department is pleased to invite you to join Dr. Andrew Chesnut on March 9, 2018 at 3 pm in HM Tory 14-28.