<p>The present study attempts to show and to begin to understand, the motives of contemporary muralism, in terms of its historicity and primary narrative content. Within this purpose, we identified a wide range of murals (n=250), of which we selected those (n=49) of religious themes. We identified murals authored by or related to Puerto Ricans in communities with high concentrations of migrant Puerto Ricans in New York City. We used a qualitative method, recognizing distinctive symbolic elements in the murals that had psycho-social religious meanings.</p>