Homies and Hermanos: God and Gangs in Central America
Robert Brenneman's Homies and Hermanos is situated at the intersection of two of the most consequential social phenomena to emerge in Central America over the last two decades. Transnational street gangs and heavily Pentecostal evangelicalism have each had profound impacts on society in Guatema...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2012
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 73, Issue: 2, Pages: 227-228 |
| Review of: | Homies and hermanos (New York : Oxford University Press, 2012) (Johnson, Andrew)
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| Summary: | Robert Brenneman's Homies and Hermanos is situated at the intersection of two of the most consequential social phenomena to emerge in Central America over the last two decades. Transnational street gangs and heavily Pentecostal evangelicalism have each had profound impacts on society in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, and Homies and Hermanos is a compelling examination of the interaction between these two groups. In a forceful and well-written book, Brenneman examines how some members transition out of the infamous Mara Salvatrucha and other Central American gangs and attempt to carve out new lives for themselves in the gritty barrios of the “Northern Triangle” by converting to Evangelical Protestantism. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srs034 |