Homies and hermanos: God and gangs in Central America
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 you...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | Homies and Hermanos: God and Gangs in Central America (2012) (Johnson, Andrew)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zentralamerika
/ Youth gang
/ Juvenile delinquent
/ Conversion
/ Youth
/ Evangelical movement
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| Further subjects: | B
Christian converts
Central America
B Evangelicalism Central America B Church work with juvenile delinquents Central America B Ex-gang members Religious life Central America |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 294 p.) |
| ISBN: | 019991883X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199753840.001.0001 |