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La Santa Muerte (The Holy Death) in Mexico

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Event series International Talks

Religion and Social Justice. Reflections and Experiences from Latin America

The International Talks always take place during the semester. Always online. Always discussion format. Always socially relevant, international topics. The format includes an impulse with discussion, in which the participants can take part via chat. The talks get a special dynamic through the moderation of different experts. The International Talks are open to all students, colleagues and interested persons, especially including international students.

La Santa Muerte (The Holy Death) in Mexico (Prof. Héctor Laporta, Peru – Mexico)

Thursday, 14th of November, 2024, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Mexico City is one of the most populated cities of the world, a city with a population of almost twenty million of population. Mexico also has the highest rates murders, feminicides, human trafficking and missing persons. Every day nine to ten women are killed in Mexico.

In a society “donde la vida no vale nada” (where life has no value) the Santa Muerte is worshiped. A worship condemmend by the religious authorities (catholic, protestant or evangelical). Yet this type of worship to La Santa Muerte survives and grows amongst the  marginalized members of the Mexican society.

Hector Laporta is a Peruvian Methodist pastor who works with grassroots groups in the Andes of Peru and Ecuador. He also has worked with grassroots groups in Mexico. His academic training consists of the following: a Doctoral degree in Theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York and a Master degree in Anthropology from the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO – Ecuador).

Participation

All Talks will be realized as videoconference.

Zoom-Link

Access under the following link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62122528820

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International Talks

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