dc.contributor.author | Dowling, Keegan J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-09T20:51:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-09T20:51:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-10 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4481 | |
dc.description | Presented to the Colonial North Conference, October 2015 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper deals with 3 modern Mexican "narcoreligions" , some of which have gained millions of followers throughout North America. The modern religions are: 1. Santa Muerte 2. Jesus Malverde 3. Pensamientos, the scripture penned and promoted by one of the founders of La Familia Michoacana cartel. It considers these modern, death-obsessed religions in the light of the religion of the Aztecs (the Mexica people of Tenochtitlan) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Santa Muerte | en_US |
dc.subject | Jesus Malverde | en_US |
dc.subject | Pensamientos | en_US |
dc.subject | Narcoreligion | en_US |
dc.subject | Cults | en_US |
dc.title | The Worship of Death: A modern Mexican phenomenon with antecedents in the religion of Mexico- Tenochtitlan | en_US |