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Homies and hermanos : God and the gangs in Central America / Robert Brenneman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brenneman, Robert E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church work with juvenile delinquents--Central America.
- Church work with juvenile delinquents.
- Ex-gang members--Religious life--Central America.
- Ex-gang members.
- Christian converts--Central America.
- Christian converts.
- Evangelicalism--Central America.
- Evangelicalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Using the tools of sociological theory, Robert Brenneman seeks to discover why a pot-smoking, gun-wielding 'homie' gang member would want to trade in la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical hermano - and to what extent this strategy works for the many youth who have tried it.
- Contents:
- Introduction: JJ's second marriage
- From Pandilla to Mara
- Christian, not Catholic
- Turning shame into violence
- Dodging the morgue rule
- A-dios, homies!
- Samaritans and crusaders.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-975390-3
- 0-19-990946-6
- 9786613352934
- 1-283-35293-1
- OCLC:
- 922970621
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