Liturgy and Secularism

Joris Geldhof is professor of liturgical studies and sacramental theology at Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, where he chairs the Liturgical Institute and serves as editor in chief of the bilingual journal Questions Liturgiques/Studies in Liturgy. His major research foci are liturgical theology, the Eucharist, and the place of worship in contemporary cultures. He was elected President of Societas Liturgica for 2017­ - 2019.

Contents
 
Acknowledgments
Provenance of the Chapters
Introduction x
PART I
POSITIONING THE LITURGY IN THE WORLD
Chapter 1: Liturgy, Modernity and Secularization
Chapter 2: Liturgy, Ideology and Politics
Chapter 3: Liturgy Beyond Sacred and Profane
PART II
POSITIONING THE WORLD IN THE LITURGY
Chapter 4: Liturgy, Desacralization and Sanctification
Chapter 5: Retrieving the Liturgical Movement
Chapter 6: The Liturgy’s Critical Potential
Concluding Observations
Index