The Feast of Fools: A Theological Essay on Festivity and Fantasy
- ISBN-10
- 0674284984
- ISBN-13
- 9780674284982
- Category
- Fantasy
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-01
- Author
- Harvey Cox
Description
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 celebration and defining fantasy as the faculty for envisioning radically alternative life situations. t speaks directly to such contemporary movements as the theology of hope, the rapidly disappearing radical theology, and the theology of culture. For many it will provide a new perspective on the renewal of religious life and the secular search for religious experience.
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