The Feast of Fools : : A Theological Essay on Festivity and Fantasy / / Harvey Cox.

In this fascinating interpretation of contemporary culture and theology, Harvey Cox examines both the loss and reemergence of festivity and fantasy in Western civilization. He evaluates both processes from a theological perspective, defining festivity as the capacity for genuine revelry and joyous c...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©1969
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2013
Language:English
Series:William Belden Noble Lectures ; 7
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Physical Description:1 online resource (204 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Overture
  • Introduction
  • Part One
  • 1. Festivity: The Ingredients
  • 2. Festivity and the Death of God
  • 3. A Dance Before the Lord
  • Part Two
  • 4. Fantasy: The Ingredients
  • 5. Fantasy and Religion
  • 6. Fantasy and Utopia
  • Part Three
  • 7. Mystics and Militants
  • 8. Beyond Radical Theology
  • 9. A Theology of Juxtaposition
  • 10. Christ the Harlequin
  • Coda
  • Appendix: Some Relevant Theological Currents
  • Notes
  • Index of Nantes