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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Main Author: Brenneman, Robert E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2012, c2012
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