The cult of the dead, centered on Todos Santos, the All Saints
Day-All Souls Day celebration, is one of the most important aspects
of Mesoamerican Indian and mestizo religion. Focusing on rural
Tlaxcala, in Mexico, Hugo Nutini presents a thorough description
and analysis of the cult in its syncretic, structural, and
expressive dimensions and describes its development from the
original confrontation of pre-Hispanic polytheism and Spanish
Catholicism, through colonial times, until the disintegration of
the system of folk religions that is even now occurring.
The discussion of the expressive component of the cult of the
dead is a crucial contribution of the study. Professor Nutini shows
that symbolism can be an adjunct to expressive studies, but not an
end in itself. In addition, he postulates a theory that may serve
as a model for studies of the combination and reconciliation of
religious beliefs in other contexts. Emphasizing folk theology,
teleology, and eschatology, rather than the mechanical and
administrative components more frequently studied in works on
Mesoamerican Indian and mestizo religions, he concludes that the
local system is monolatrous, rather than monotheistic.
Originally published in 1988.
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