Hunted: Predation and Pentecostalism in Guatemala

by Kevin Lewis O'Neill

Book Overview

"It's not a process," one pastor insisted, "rehabilitation is a miracle." In the face of addiction and few state resources, Pentecostal pastors in Guatemala City are fighting what they understand to be a major crisis. Yet the treatment centers they operate produce this miracle of rehabilitation through extraordinary means: captivity. These men of faith snatch drug users off the streets, often at the request of family members, and then lock them up...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022662465X
• ISBN13: 9780226624655
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"