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Robert Brenneman
Homies and Hermanos [EPUB ebook]
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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 (brother in Christ) – and to what extent this strategy works for the many youth who have tried it.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780199912490 ● Publisher Oxford University Press ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2283313 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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