The fundamental intuition of this essay is that liturgical theology does not simply deal with Christian rituals, festivals and sacraments, but with the core of faith itself: God, world, the Christ event, tradition, Church, and redemption.
Joris Geldhof is Professor of Liturgy and Sacramental Theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the KU Leuven, Belgium. He is the chair of the Liturgical Institute at this university and a past president of the international and ecumenical Societas Liturgica. Among his recent publications is Liturgy and Secularism: Beyond the Divide(Liturgical Press, 2018).