V THE "ARTIFICIAL NIGGER": the numinous quality of reality

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. FOREWORD ix
4. PREFACE xiii
5. I CARVED WOODEN SPECTACLES: the vision of Flannery O'Connor 3
6. II HULGA'S WOODEN LEG: the creation of a false self 18
7. III THE "NEW JESUS": alienated modern man 52
8. IV THE BLACK PROCESSION: death in the context of history 85
9. V THE "ARTIFICIAL NIGGER": the numinous quality of reality 112
10. VI THE TATTOOED CHRIST: a prophet's view of reality 140
11. NOTES 178
12. BIBLIOGRAPHY 187
13. INDEX 193