Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > movements and organizations > folk saints in Latin America
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of religion > global religion > movements and organizations > folk saints in Latin America

Preferred term

folk saints in Latin America  

Definition

  • Although Latin America is considered to be a stronghold of Roman Catholicism, folk religious practices often differ from the official teachings of the Church. People are devoted to their saintly protectors or to one of the many apparitions of the Virgin Mary. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Folk Saints in Latin America]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/folk_saints_in_Latin_America

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD