Overture

Introduction

Part One

1. Festivity: The Ingredients

2. Festivity and the Death of God

The Demise of Deity

The Immolation of the Past



God and Festivity

3. A Dance Before the Lord

Part Two

4. Fantasy: The Ingredients

5. Fantasy and Religion

Fantasy and Myth

Fantasy and Ritual

Fantasy and Christianity



6. Fantasy and Utopia

Political Vision

Religion and Political Fantasy

The Church as Experimental Community

Part Three

7. Mystics and Militants

8. Beyond Radical Theology

Radical Theology

Theology of Hope

9. A Theology of Juxtaposition

10. Christ the Harlequin

Faith as Play

Christianity as Comedy





Coda

Appendix: Some Relevant Theological Currents

Notes

Index of Names

Harvey Cox is Professor of Divinity at Harvard University.