Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God

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. Stand Your Ground raises important spiritual and social questions. --Publishers Weekly

Douglas' book is 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. --National Catholic Reporter

Kelly Brown Douglas is an accomplished scholar with a prophetic theological voice that speaks to Christians in the pews and the theological academy. --Christian Century

Kelly Brown Douglas is an Episcopal priest and professor of religion at Goucher College. Her books include The Black Christ, Sexuality and the Black Church, and The Black Body and the Black Church/A Blues Slant.