Table of Contents
Author's Note xi
Prologue 1
Part I The Family
1 Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child 7
2 A Tale of Two Mommies 15
3 According to the Will of God 25
4 Anointing Them with Oil in the Name of the Lord 36
5 Heaven's Girl 46
6 A Handmaid's Tale 56
7 Bookworm 68
8 The End of the World as We Know It 75
9 All in The Family 85
10 The Promise of Paradise 90
11 Apocalypse Now 102
12 Coming to America 109
13 Babylon the Whore 119
14 Not Fit for the Kingdom of God 130
Part II The System
15 Dazed and Confused 147
16 Jesus Freaks 158
17 Bring Me to Life 168
Part III The Army
18 Drink the Kool-Aid 181
19 You're Not James Bond 204
20 Camp Followers 215
21 A Day Memorialized 232
22 Us Versus Them 245
23 Combat Barbie 256
24 I'm the Bitch 267
25 Take One for the Team 282
26 Running for My Life 304
27 Mr. President, We're Not Lesbians 318
Epilogue 331
Acknowledgments 337