Folk saints reflect local needs.

Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX);  October 3, 2006 ;     645 words ......Texas Southmost College. He spoke about folk saints in Mexico and Latin America, which he...Devotion: Folks Saints of Spanish America. Folk saints are prevalent throughout Latin America...desperate need that requires them to use folk saints, Graziano explained. And folk ...

Folk Religion Expert Available to Talk About Day of the Dead

U.S. Newswire;  October 13, 2006 ;     399 words ......author of "Cultures of Devotion: Folk Saints of Spanish America," to be released...party-with the dead in the cemetery." FOLK SAINTS According to Graziano: "Relations with the dead, as with folk saints, are reciprocal: the dead receive...

Juan Soldado: Rapist, Murderer, Martyr, Saint

Anthropological Quarterly;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Paul J. Vanderwood, Juan Soldado: Rapist, Murderer, Martyr...vivid and compelling Juan Soldado: Rapist, Murderer, Martyr...sociology of religion, Juan Soldado tells the story of Juan...Castillo, now known as Juan Soldado ("John the Soldier...Like other Catholic ...

Juan Soldado: field notes and reflections.(John the Soldier, Tijuana...

Journal of the Southwest;  December 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......presence and began to venerate Morales as Juan Soldado, John the Soldier. Miracles occurred...pray to or just pass some time with Juan Soldado. I am researching this extraordinary...celebrating the birthday of their santo, Juan Soldado. No one is sure of Juan's birth date...

Dictionnaire des saints imaginaries et facétieux

Journal of American Folklore;  October 1, 2005 ;     600 words ......are hundreds of saints like these two, folk saints who exist outside of the Church's approved...aware: a dictionary/catalogue of the folk saints of a country or region. Merceron organizes...would be difficult to tell that the folk saints Merceron describes even exist by reading...

Juan Soldado

Marvels & Tales;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......12001]: 192-95 and 16 12002]: 73-74.) "Juan Soldado" comes from Popular Andalusian Tales...Reflecting the Catholic roots of Andalusia, "Juan Soldado" tells of encounters with Christ and...exhibited by "John Soldier" (English for Juan Soldado) in the final episode. The same wits...

Dangerous crossing, longer stays make saying goodbye hard for Mexican...

AP Worldstream;  May 23, 2006 ;     622 words ......someone not recognized by the church: "Juan Soldado," or Soldier John. The unofficial patron...Mexican firing squad in February 1938, Juan Soldado is worshipped as a man wronged by those...get to the United States: "I thank you Juan Soldado for the miracle of having crossed safely...

A GLOSSARY

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 24, 1993 ;     230 words ......Catholicism. Here are some common terms: Curanderas or the masculine curanderos: Folk healers; some are considered almost folk saints. Susto: The loss of the soul caused by fright or traumatic experiences. Graham compares it to shock. Brujo: A male witch or...

Juan Soldado: Rapist, Murderer, Martyr, Saint.(Book Review)

Canadian Journal of History;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Juan Soldado: Rapist, Murderer, Martyr, Saint, by...95 US (paper). Paul J. Vanderwood's Juan Soldado explores the circumstances around the...accessible to non-scholars. Overall, Juan Soldado will be an entertaining and informative...

Mexican Migrants Heading North

AP Online;  May 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Mexican migrants turn to someone not recognized by the church: "Juan Soldado," or Soldier John. Soldado was a soldier who was falsely...him for helping her get to the United States: "I thank you Juan Soldado for the miracle of having crossed safely with my children...

Uruguay: Chapter 9B. The Performing Arts

Countries of the World;      700+ words ......dramatic poets Orosman Moratorio and Elias Regules. Moratorio, whose work bore the pseudonym Julian Perujo, is noted for Juan Soldado (Juan, the Soldier), La Flor del Pago (Flower of the Village), and Culpa y Castigo (Crime and Punishment). Regules' best...

Rastrean cine con historia.(Gente)

Reforma (México D.F., México);  July 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......ellas son En Defensa Propia (1917), de Joaquín Coss; Juan Soldado (1919), de Enrique Castilla, producida por la Secretarí...Carrasco - En Defensa Propia (1917), de Joaquín Coss - Juan Soldado (1919), de Enrique Castilla - La Parcela (1921), de Ernesto...

There's fun, faith in `Box of Saints'

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 17, 1999 ;     544 words ......Guadalupe, Mexico's patroness; San Antonio de Padua, the saint of lost people and "women who wished to get husbands"; San Juan Soldado, the protector of illegal immigrants who helps her get across the border to look for her daughter. She keeps looking for...

Reseña: Desarrollan Dinámica Actividad en el Archivo Histórico de Tijuana

La Prensa San Diego;  February 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......ejemplo: el 7 de febrero se present: "Revista Pioneros por la Identidad del Tijuanense"; el 14 de febrero: una charla sobre "Juan Soldado mito forzado"; el 21 de febrero presentaron una excelente conferencia dictada por el Profr. y Catedrtico David Rincn Meza...

Preface.

Journal of the Southwest;  December 22, 2001 ;     403 words ......Imperial County, California, Slab City documents life among the squatters, while Paul Vanderwood's notes on the legacy of Juan Soldado give us important insights on an under-appreciated subject: popular religion. Devra Weber's photo essay on Oaxacans in Los...