Jesus and the Gang: Youth Violence and Christianity in Urban Honduras

by Jon Wolseth

Book Overview

In urban Honduras, gun violence and assault form the pulsing backdrop of everyday life. This book examines the ways that young men and women in working-class neighborhoods of El Progreso, Honduras, understand and respond to gang and gun violence in their communities. Because residents rely on gangs and Catholic and Evangelical Protestant churches to mediate violence in their neighborhoods, these institutions form the fabric of society. While only...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816529086
• ISBN13: 9780816529087
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"