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LEADER: 01966cam a2200349 i 4500
001 2014024593
003 DLC
005 20150930081933.0
008 140623s2015 caua b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2014024593
020 $a9780520278486 (cloth)
020 $a0520278488 (cloth)
020 $a9780520278493 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0520278496 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $z9780520960091 (ebook)
020 $z0520960092 (ebook)
040 $aCU-S/DLC$beng$cCU-S$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ancgt---
050 00 $aHV6439.G92$bG923 2015
082 00 $a364.4$223
100 1 $aO'Neill, Kevin Lewis,$d1977-$eauthor.
245 10 $aSecure the soul :$bChristian piety and gang prevention in Guatemala /$cKevin Lewis O'Neill.
264 1 $aOakland, California :$bUniversity of California Press,$c[2015]
300 $axi, 288 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 247-276) and index.
520 $a"Secure the Soul shuttles between the life of Mateo, a born-again ex-gang member in Guatemala and the gang prevention programs that work so hard to keep him alive. Along the way, this poignantly written ethnography uncovers the Christian underpinnings of Central American security. In the streets of Guatemala City--amid angry lynch mobs, overcrowded prisons, and paramilitary death squads--millions of dollars empower church missions, faith-based programs, and seemingly secular security projects to prevent gang violence through the practice of Christian piety. With Guatemala increasingly defined by both God and gangs, Secure the Soul details an emerging strategy of geopolitical significance: regional security by way of good Christian living"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aGang prevention$zGuatemala$zGuatemala.
650 0 $aChurch and social problems$zGuatemala$zGuatemala.