Dr. Andrew Chesnut
@drdeathanddivinity.bsky.social
Chaired Professor of Religious Studies at VCU https://vcu.academia.edu/AndrewChesnut |Santa Muerte| Film, TV & News Consultant| Expert Witness| My Books https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001KHTDGE
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The new 3rd edition of my seminal book on Santa Muerte, the fastest growing NRM on the planet, is available at Amazon and other bookshops across the globe! a.co/d/7MtxnDt #BookSky #AcademicSky #Mexico #SantaMuerte #Religion
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White Evangelicas are no surprise as anti-immigrant but look at White Catholics while US bishiops and Pope Leo have become outspoken advocates of Latin American immigrants!
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
White Evangelicas are no surprise as anti-immigrant but look at White Catholics while US bishiops and Pope Leo have become outspoken advocates of Latin American immigrants!
"Dr. Chesnut is a gringo but he put in the work...😁
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Dr. Chesnut is a gringo but he put in the work...😁
White Evangelicas are no surprise as anti-immigrant but look at White Catholics while US bishiops and Pope Leo have become outspoken advocates of Latin American immigrants!
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
White Evangelicas are no surprise as anti-immigrant but look at White Catholics while US bishiops and Pope Leo have become outspoken advocates of Latin American immigrants!
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It's gotten to the point that I don't really trust an article on Santa Muerte that doesn't mention you - even if it is at least in passing or in a proper endnote. 😇
Blessings, Andrew.
Blessings, Andrew.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It's gotten to the point that I don't really trust an article on Santa Muerte that doesn't mention you - even if it is at least in passing or in a proper endnote. 😇
Blessings, Andrew.
Blessings, Andrew.
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The eyes of Saint Lucy, Padre Pio, and Saint Jude at Saint Leonard of Port Maurice Church in Boston
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The eyes of Saint Lucy, Padre Pio, and Saint Jude at Saint Leonard of Port Maurice Church in Boston
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There's nothing new here that I haven't written about in 16 years of research on Santa Muerte. In fact, calling Santa Muerte a "bad ass" was lifted from my book without acknowledgment! #AcademicSky #BookSky #SantaMuerte #Mexico
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There's nothing new here that I haven't written about in 16 years of research on Santa Muerte. In fact, calling Santa Muerte a "bad ass" was lifted from my book without acknowledgment! #AcademicSky #BookSky #SantaMuerte #Mexico
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US military action in Venezuela seems imminent as Americans are distracted by Thanksgiving.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
Trump administration formally designates Venezuela’s Maduro as member of a foreign terrorist organization | CNN Politics
The Trump administration could have expanded authority to take action in Venezuela starting Monday, as the US designates Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his government allies as members of a f...
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
US military action in Venezuela seems imminent as Americans are distracted by Thanksgiving.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
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And of course it's all about unfettered access to the largest oil reserves on the planet!
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
And of course it's all about unfettered access to the largest oil reserves on the planet!
The eyes of Saint Lucy, Padre Pio, and Saint Jude at Saint Leonard of Port Maurice Church in Boston
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The eyes of Saint Lucy, Padre Pio, and Saint Jude at Saint Leonard of Port Maurice Church in Boston
There's nothing new here that I haven't written about in 16 years of research on Santa Muerte. In fact, calling Santa Muerte a "bad ass" was lifted from my book without acknowledgment! #AcademicSky #BookSky #SantaMuerte #Mexico
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There's nothing new here that I haven't written about in 16 years of research on Santa Muerte. In fact, calling Santa Muerte a "bad ass" was lifted from my book without acknowledgment! #AcademicSky #BookSky #SantaMuerte #Mexico
US military action in Venezuela seems imminent as Americans are distracted by Thanksgiving.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
Trump administration formally designates Venezuela’s Maduro as member of a foreign terrorist organization | CNN Politics
The Trump administration could have expanded authority to take action in Venezuela starting Monday, as the US designates Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his government allies as members of a f...
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
US military action in Venezuela seems imminent as Americans are distracted by Thanksgiving.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
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Tombstones from the 18th century with skull and skeletal imagery at King’s Burial Grounds in Boston
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Tombstones from the 18th century with skull and skeletal imagery at King’s Burial Grounds in Boston
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i made mama a spot on my desk to help me with school ♡ ♡ #santamuerte #witchsky
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
i made mama a spot on my desk to help me with school ♡ ♡ #santamuerte #witchsky
Tombstones from the 18th century with skull and skeletal imagery at King’s Burial Grounds in Boston
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Tombstones from the 18th century with skull and skeletal imagery at King’s Burial Grounds in Boston
Spot on! www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Spot on! www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Presenting on Santa Muerte and coming across the new 3rd edition of my book at the Oxford University Press booth at the American Academy of Religion conference in Boston. #academicsky #booksky #santamuerte
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Presenting on Santa Muerte and coming across the new 3rd edition of my book at the Oxford University Press booth at the American Academy of Religion conference in Boston. #academicsky #booksky #santamuerte
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“They are ideal killers: Young, beautiful and reckless,” Andrew Chesnut, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, told Fox News. “By keeping a low profile, they avoid suspicion where men doing the same job would quickly find themselves in trouble." torontosun.com/news/world/d... #AcademicSky
NAUGHTY NARCOS: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding's bevy of beauties
Blinged out, bikini-clad, gun-toting, and utterly ruthless. Every big-time narco needs a bevy of beauties to complete the gaudy canvas.
torontosun.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“They are ideal killers: Young, beautiful and reckless,” Andrew Chesnut, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, told Fox News. “By keeping a low profile, they avoid suspicion where men doing the same job would quickly find themselves in trouble." torontosun.com/news/world/d... #AcademicSky
Presenting on Santa Muerte and coming across the new 3rd edition of my book at the Oxford University Press booth at the American Academy of Religion conference in Boston. #academicsky #booksky #santamuerte
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Presenting on Santa Muerte and coming across the new 3rd edition of my book at the Oxford University Press booth at the American Academy of Religion conference in Boston. #academicsky #booksky #santamuerte
“They are ideal killers: Young, beautiful and reckless,” Andrew Chesnut, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, told Fox News. “By keeping a low profile, they avoid suspicion where men doing the same job would quickly find themselves in trouble." torontosun.com/news/world/d... #AcademicSky
NAUGHTY NARCOS: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding's bevy of beauties
Blinged out, bikini-clad, gun-toting, and utterly ruthless. Every big-time narco needs a bevy of beauties to complete the gaudy canvas.
torontosun.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“They are ideal killers: Young, beautiful and reckless,” Andrew Chesnut, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, told Fox News. “By keeping a low profile, they avoid suspicion where men doing the same job would quickly find themselves in trouble." torontosun.com/news/world/d... #AcademicSky
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Here in Boston just one day and they already named a street after me, albeit misspelled! 😆🌰
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here in Boston just one day and they already named a street after me, albeit misspelled! 😆🌰
Boston also misspelled daughter’s name!
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Boston also misspelled daughter’s name!
Here in Boston just one day and they already named a street after me, albeit misspelled! 😆🌰
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here in Boston just one day and they already named a street after me, albeit misspelled! 😆🌰
Down to 38% stupid Americans!
Trump says his approval ratings are down, except with 'smart people' https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-approval-ratings-down-211537172.html
Trump says his approval ratings are down, except with 'smart people'
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump did something on Wednesday he has rarely done: He admitted his poll numbers had gone down.
www.yahoo.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Down to 38% stupid Americans!
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I have an entire chapter in my book dedicated to Santa Muerte's role as a love and lust sorceress, which is normally associated with her red cloak and candle.
This is her newest votive candle aimed at devotees desiring to "reel in" (jala jala) someone they're attracted to. #AcademicSky #BookSky
This is her newest votive candle aimed at devotees desiring to "reel in" (jala jala) someone they're attracted to. #AcademicSky #BookSky
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I have an entire chapter in my book dedicated to Santa Muerte's role as a love and lust sorceress, which is normally associated with her red cloak and candle.
This is her newest votive candle aimed at devotees desiring to "reel in" (jala jala) someone they're attracted to. #AcademicSky #BookSky
This is her newest votive candle aimed at devotees desiring to "reel in" (jala jala) someone they're attracted to. #AcademicSky #BookSky
Reposted by Dr. Andrew Chesnut
While the Mexican opposition to the ruling party, MORENA, has demonized both ex-President AMLO and current President Sheinbaum as Santa Muerte for several years now, they ramped it up lately in the wake of the murder of the mayor Uruapan, the avocado capital of the world. #AcademicSky #Mexico
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
While the Mexican opposition to the ruling party, MORENA, has demonized both ex-President AMLO and current President Sheinbaum as Santa Muerte for several years now, they ramped it up lately in the wake of the murder of the mayor Uruapan, the avocado capital of the world. #AcademicSky #Mexico