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Stand your ground : black bodies and the justice of God /

"The 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager in Florida, and the subsequent acquittal of his killer, brought public attention to controversial "Stand Your Ground" laws. The verdict, as much as the killing, sent shock waves through the African-American community, r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Douglas, Kelly Brown (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2015]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.