Kelly Brown Douglas, Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God

Published: Aug. 23, 2015, 12:09 p.m.

b'The murder of Trayvon Martin clinched the deal for\\xa0Kelly Brown Douglas, Episcopal priest, and professor of religion at Goucher College. She decided she had to write a book about America\'s racism. She had to write about what it means to be a mother of a black male child in America.\\xa0Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God\\xa0defines a "kairos" moment for America. \\xa0 It is the time to name and dismantle the stand your ground culture.'