{"product_id":"secure-the-soul-christian-piety-and-gang-prevention-in-guatemala-paperback","title":"Secure the Soul: Christian Piety and Gang Prevention in Guatemala - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Lewis O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm not perfect,\" Mateo confessed. \"Nobody is. But I try.\" \u003ci\u003eSecure the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eSecure the Soul \u003c\/i\u003edetails an emerging strategy of geopolitical significance: regional security by way of good Christian living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough extraordinary fieldwork, Kevin Lewis O'Neill unearths the everyday state of emergency of Guatemala's evangelical Christian response to gang violence. He prompts us to rethink such issues as governmentality, extra-judicial violence, incarceration, addiction, Christian piety, and 'the soul', while making visible the painful social suffering that so urgently requires understanding.-- Philippe Bourgois, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Powerfully narrated and visually arresting, \u003ci\u003e Secure the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable study of the interface of Christian ministry, gang networks, and city life in Central America. You will leave this book with a deep and sober understanding of the porous ways Christian piety informs care and security there where the political field has been emptied out and a belief in this world is all but gone. A landmark contribution to the anthropology of religion and urban studies.--João Biehl, author of \u003ci\u003eVita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough extraordinary fieldwork, Kevin Lewis O'Neill unearths the everyday state of emergency of Guatemala's evangelical Christian response to gang violence. He prompts us to rethink such issues as governmentality, extra-judicial violence, incarceration, addiction, Christian piety, and 'the soul', while making visible the painful social suffering that so urgently requires understanding.-- Philippe Bourgois, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Powerfully narrated and visually arresting, \u003ci\u003e Secure the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable study of the interface of Christian ministry, gang networks, and city life in Central America. You will leave this book with a deep and sober understanding of the porous ways Christian piety informs care and security there where the political field has been emptied out and a belief in this world is all but gone. A landmark contribution to the anthropology of religion and urban studies.\"--João Biehl, author of \u003ci\u003eVita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Lewis O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion and the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCity of God: Christian Citizenship in Postwar Guatemala\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756462866720,"sku":"9780520278493","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f800a8a7622505be774f5716e164fe81.webp?v=1780080025","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/secure-the-soul-christian-piety-and-gang-prevention-in-guatemala-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}