LEADER 04006nam 2200997 450 001 9910787907503321 005 20230126211113.0 010 $a0-520-27849-6 010 $a0-520-96009-2 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520960091 035 $a(CKB)2670000000578348 035 $a(EBL)1711060 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001381920 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12540097 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001381920 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11437891 035 $a(PQKB)10306335 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1711060 035 $a(DE-B1597)519109 035 $a(OCoLC)897379003 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520960091 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1711060 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10993808 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL665396 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000578348 100 $a20141219h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSecure the soul $eChristian piety and gang prevention in Guatemala /$fKevin Lewis O'Neill 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-27848-8 311 0 $a1-322-34114-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPrologue --$tIntroduction --$tForgiveness --$t1. Insecurities --$tHamsters --$t2. Reality --$tPangs --$t3. A Calling --$tService --$t4. Left Behind --$tCaptivity --$t5. Forsaken --$tAdrift --$tEpilogue --$tAcknowledgments --$tAppendix: Notes on Research --$tNotes --$tReference List --$tIndex 330 $a"I'm not perfect," Mateo confessed. "Nobody is. But I try." 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. 606 $aGang prevention$zGuatemala$zGuatemala 606 $aChurch and social problems$zGuatemala$zGuatemala 610 $aanthropology. 610 $aborn again. 610 $acentral america. 610 $acentral american security. 610 $achristian piety. 610 $achristianity. 610 $achurch missions. 610 $acrime. 610 $acriminology. 610 $adeath squads. 610 $aethnographic research. 610 $aex gang member. 610 $afaith based programs. 610 $agang prevention programs. 610 $agang violence. 610 $agangs. 610 $ageopolitical. 610 $agod and religion. 610 $agood christian living. 610 $agovernmentality. 610 $aguatemala. 610 $aincarceration. 610 $alife and death. 610 $alynch mobs. 610 $aovercrowded prisons. 610 $aredemption. 610 $aregional security. 610 $areligion. 610 $areligious influences. 610 $asecular security projects. 610 $asocial suffering. 610 $aspiritual. 615 0$aGang prevention 615 0$aChurch and social problems 676 $a364.4 700 $aO'Neill$b Kevin Lewis$f1977-$01483902 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787907503321 996 $aSecure the soul$93702238 997 $aUNINA