Holy Death in the Time of Coronavirus: Santa Muerte, the Salubrious Saint
As Santa Muerte prayer cards and candles circulate in Mexico with petitions of protection against COVID-19, we consider death as doctor in these tumultuous times proving that the folk saint of death is not solely a narco-saint, as the press depicts, but is supplicated for miracles of COVID healing a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
[2020]
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| In: |
International journal of Latin American religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 194-217 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mexico
/ Santa Muerte
/ Healer
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Patron saint
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBR Latin America |
| Further subjects: | B
Coronavirus
B Death B Healing B Mexico B Santa Muerte B folk saint |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |