Safety and Sanctuary

Pentecostalism and Youth Gang Violence in Honduras

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4500965
AutoresJon Wolseth (Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Luther College, autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume35
Fascículo4
Páginas96-111
Data de publicação2008-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLatin American Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0094582x08318981
OpenAlexW2015409852
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas26

Ethnographic research on Pentecostal youth in a Honduran colonia reveals the ways in which they maneuver through the violence in their community. They maintain an uneasy relationship with gang members in which they claim exemption from everyday violence because of their belief in being saved. Drawing on Pentecostalism's doctrine of separation from community life, they exclude themselves from violent retribution by appealing to their rights to the sanctuary of the church. A call to the sanctuary of Pentecostalism also allows many gang members to escape the violence of street life. Pentecostal conversion is thus one way for young men to present a reformed persona that the larger community affirms

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