Homies and Hermanos: God and Gangs in Central America

Homies and Hermanos: God and Gangs in Central America
ISBN-10
0199753849
ISBN-13
9780199753840
Category
Religion
Pages
309
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
OUP USA
Author
Robert Brenneman

Description

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 (brother in Christ) - and to what extent this strategy works for the many youth who have tried it.

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