Contents
One. The Arc of the Moral Universe Bends toward Justice
Sanctify Your Dissent
Recuperating Religion
Visualizing Trauma
Do We Look, or Do We Look Away?
Two. Linda Montano, Performance Art Saint
Becoming Sister Rose Augustine
The Tensions of Monasticism
Erasing the Past
Endurance and the Pursuit of Sainthood
Performing Sister Rose Augustine
Abstracting the Habit
Three. The Faith Healings of Ron Athey
Overflowing with Liquid Love
Internal Bleeding
Faith Healing before a Live Audience
Reverend Ron
Four. John Duncan’s Confrontational Aesthetics
Totally Depraved
Preaching Hellfire
Mutilating the Self
Feminism, Dialogue, Confrontation
Surviving Blind Date
Epilogue: Endurance at the Corner of State and Bank
Notes
Bibliography
Index