Douglas, Kelly Brown,

Stand your ground : Black Bodies and the Justice of God Kelly Brown Douglas. - xv, 240 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

America's exceptionalism -- The Black body: a guilty body -- Manifest destiny war -- Excursus: from Tacitus to Trayvon -- A father's faith: the freedom of God -- Jesus and Trayvon: the justice of God -- Prophetic testimony: the time of God -- A mother's weeping for justice.

9781626981096 (pbk.)

2014041240


Racism--United States.
Racism--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
African Americans--Social conditions.


United States--Race relations.

E185.615 / .D664 2015

305.800973