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Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God QUOTES

Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God QUOTES

1 " Through the resurrection, God responds to the violence of the cross – the violence of the world – in a nonviolent but forceful manner. It is important to understand that nonviolence is not the same as passivity or accommodation to violence. Rather it is a forceful response that protects the integrity of life. Violence seeks to do another harm, while nonviolence seeks to rescue others from harm. It seeks to break the very cycle of violence itself. . . . That God could defeat the unmitigated violence of the cross reveals the consummate power of the nonviolent, life-giving force that is God. "

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

2 " The cross represents the power that denigrates human bodies, destroys life, and preys on the most vulnerable in society. As the cross is defeated, so too is that power. "

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