Santa Muerte

Spotlight – Sociologial Theories 1 “When the Boston Globe’s tenacious “Spotlight” team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover up at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world” (Road, n.d.). Spotlight is a movie based on real-life events that occurred in 2001and it shows the viewers the obstacles that these…

Can you imagine being surrounded by the professional warriors of Santa Anna forces who were so large in number, that he had his troops marching two days apart from each other? The way Santa Anna handled the battle of the Alamo showed us his strengths. Will all know that biggest problem at the Alamo was that they lacked in supplies and their manpower was fading rapidly, however;…

I believe that the Mexican Government were more to blame for the turmoil in Texas (though I do understand their situation) because of the Guerrero Decree, the law of April 6, 1830, and the Convention of 1832. This time period was a tense time revolving around Mexico wanting complete control and Texans wanting change. To the fault of Mexico, the more regulations and control laws they enforced on the Texans, the more they lost control of the Texans due to their feeling of rebelling being increased…

The film opens up at the point where Santa Anna has gained victory in defeating the American/Texan Army at the Alamo. Sam Houston is then shown being told what occurred at the Alamo. From this point we see the film transitions into a flashback a year before the battle to introduces us to the important people of the battle and show us how it lead to it. We are shown that Sam Houston is at a party where he is talking to people about Texas and how they should immigrate to it. At the party Houston…

In 1808, Spain is taken over by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon disposed of the existing monarchy and installed his brother, Joseph, as head of state. The resulting war against France and Britain lasted nearly to the Mexican Revolution as Napoleon’s government falls into disarray and the revolutionaries began to gain momentum. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a middle aged priest living in the parish of Dolores. Hidalgo was a Crillo by birth, and had a pro-Indian sentiment. He organized his…

and American volunteers. He sent cannonball over when currier came from Santa Anna. He wrote a “Victory or Death,” letter on February 24, 1836. The letter expressed that no matter what that he was not going to surrender and was not going to accept defeat. The Alamo stood for Texas and was going to fight for Texas independence. He was asking for aid from the government so that they could come and help, they were watching Santa Anna’s army put itself together but he did not know how much longer…

I do agree with Marx that there is blind faith involved in many religions. While growing up a majority of people were instilled with the idea of going to church every weekend typically on a Sunday for service or Sunday school that by doing so it would save their souls. If the faithful truly internalize a system of religious rewards and punishments, their religion becomes a powerful means of controlling their beliefs, behavior, and what they teach their children. (Kottak p101) Some people…

Although not all people who celebrate this are part of a cult, its worth noting that there are many Santa Muerte related killings. For example, back in 2012, mexican police arrested 8 people involved in a santa muerte cult who killed 2 ten year old boys, and a woman. Police officials say that these killings took place at night ritualise, by candlelight. An official by the name of Mr. Larringa said the following…

The word occultism derives from the Greek word occultus meaning hidden. Occultism is the study of the arts or occult practices like magic, alchemy, astrology, spiritualism and clairvoyance, among others. The interpretation of the occult and concepts can be found in the belief structures of certain philosophies and religions such as Gnosticism, Hermeticism, theosophy, Wicca, Thelma, neo-paganism or Satanism religions. The meaning of occultism is the secret knowledge and practices dealing with the…

Regarding Chilean cinema, The its history of cinema in Chile goes back to 1896 when the first projection took place in a theater in Santiago. The film Manuel Rodríguez, released in 1910 on the occasion of the centenary of independence, is recognized as the first Chilean movie. It is an homage to one of the fathers of Chilean independence (Rozas, 1910). Despite the lack of funding, cinema became popular early in the 20th the century. Magazines dedicated to film had national distributions. In…