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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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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