Stand Your Ground
Stand Your Ground
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CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD WINNER! - Faithful Citizenship/Religious Freedom
"The author strikes a good balance between political theology and analysis. Names in the news, including Michael Brown, combine with her own personal perspective as a mother to give the narrative poignancy and timeliness.Β Stand Your GroundΒ raises important spiritual and social questions."βPublishers Weekly
"A clarion call to all in the United States, regardless of race, gender, class or faith, to acknowledge our sordid and painful past and to work together to transform the American dream of equality and opportunity into a reality for all."βDiana L. Hayes, inΒ National Catholic Reporter
βIf Trayvon was of age and armed, could he have stood his ground on that sidewalk?ββPresident Barack Obama
On the Sunday morning after the acquittal of Trayvon Martinβs killer, black preachers across America addressed the questions his death raised for their communities: βWhere is the justice of God? What are we to hope for?β
In this timely and compelling book, Kelly Brown Douglas examines the myths and narratives underlying a βstand-your-groundβ culture, taking seriously the social as well as the theological questions raised by this and similar events, from Ferguson, Missouri to Staten Island, New York.
But the author also brings another significant interpretative lens to this text: that of a mother. She writes: βThere has been no story in the news that has troubled me more than that of Trayvon Martinβs slaying. President Obama said that if he had a son his son would look like Trayvon. I do have a son and he does look like Trayvon.β
In the face of tragedy and indifference, Kelly Brown Douglas arms the truth of a black motherβs faith in these times of βstand your ground.β
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