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Secure the soul : Christian piety and gang prevention in Guatemala / Kevin Lewis O'Neill.
LIBRA HV6439.G92 G923 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Neill, Kevin Lewis, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gang prevention--Guatemala.
- Gang prevention.
- Church and social problems--Guatemala.
- Church and social problems.
- Guatemala.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- "Secure the Soul shuttles between the life of Mateo, a born-again ex-gang member in Guatemala and the gang prevention programs that work so hard to keep him alive. Along the way, this poignantly written ethnography uncovers the Christian underpinnings of Central American security. In the streets of Guatemala City--amid angry lynch mobs, overcrowded prisons, and paramilitary death squads--millions of dollars empower church missions, faith-based programs, and seemingly secular security projects to prevent gang violence through the practice of Christian piety. With Guatemala increasingly defined by both God and gangs, Secure the Soul details an emerging strategy of geopolitical significance: regional security by way of good Christian living"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Insecurities 33
- Hamsters 58
- 2 Reality 65
- Pangs 89
- 3 A Calling 96
- Service 120
- 4 Left Behind 127
- Captivity 151
- 5 Forsaken 158
- Adrift 182.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520278486
- 0520278488
- 9780520278493
- 0520278496
- OCLC:
- 877369567
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