What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to analyze the growing popularity of Santa Muerte and its connections to various religious traditions.

January 1, 2011Open Access

Death with a bonus pack : new age spirituality, folk catholicism, and the cult of Santa Muerte

Key Points

The aim is to analyze the growing popularity of Santa Muerte and its connections to various religious traditions.
Qualitative analysis of media representations of Santa Muerte.
Exploration of cultural influences from spirituality and folk traditions.
Investigation of the informal status of Santa Muerte as a saint.
Santa Muerte shows increasing visibility and acceptance in popular culture.
The cult incorporates elements from both New Age spirituality and folk traditions.
Mass media plays a significant role in shaping perceptions of Santa Muerte.

Abstract

This paper discusses a popular but hardly investigated cult of an informal saint Santa Muerte (Saint Death). Santa Muerte enjoys growing popularity in Mexico and neighboring countries. One of the reasons for it is the cult's extensive presence in mass media. It remains exposed to influence of other popular religious traditions, including Spiritualism and elements of the New Age spirituality.

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Piotr Grzegorz Michalik (Sat,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d91ddaccb0bba5a5684316 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4000/assr.22800

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