Home Title Index Topic Index Sources Directory News Releases Sources Calendar

My Gang is Jesus
Brazil's evangelicals face the temptations of the drug trade

Cuadros, Alex
Publisher:  Harper's Magazine
Year Published:  2019  
Resource Type:  Article

Examines the use of religion by gang members as a source of community and support; highlighting the complex relationship between gang culture and religion.

Abstract:  -
Excerpt:

The gangs see the church as neutral, Martins said. Pastors often preach in communties whee they grew up, and would never report a local traficante to the police. This allows them to mediate conflicts with a unique sort of authority. He told me about a pastor who'd saved somone from a gang's death sentence by citing Matthew 5:7, to the executioner: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."

Topics


Sources-journalists use the sources website to find you


AlterLinks
c/o Sources


© 2023.