Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas Presents: Stand Your Ground
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Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Professor of Religion at Goucher College, speaks about her new book on injustices perpetrated on the black community and her response as a mother, an African American and a person of faith. From the publisher: "On the Sunday morning after the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer, black preachers across America addressed the questions his death raised for their communities: 'Where is the justice of God? What are we to hope for?' In this timely and compelling book, Kelly Brown Douglas examines the myths and narratives underlying a 'stand-your-ground' 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: 'there has been no story in the news that has troubled me more than that of Trayvon Martin’s 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.' In the face of tragedy and indifference, Kelly Brown Douglas arms the truth of a black mother’s faith in these times of 'stand your ground.' Kelly Brown Douglas is an Episcopal priest and professor of religion at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland. Her books include 'The Black Christ,' 'What’s Faith Got to Do with It?' and 'The Black Body and the Black Church: A Blues Slant.' "