Homies and Hermanos: God and Gangs in Central America

by Robert E. Brenneman, Robert Brenneman, Robert E. Brenneman

Book Overview

Why would a gun-wielding, tattoo-bearing "homie" trade in la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical hermano (brother in Christ)? To answer this question, Robert Brenneman interviewed sixty-three former gang members from the "Northern Triangle" of Central America--Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras--most of whom left their gang for evangelicalism. Unlike in the United States, membership in a Central American gang...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199753903
• ISBN13: 9780199753901
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"