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About Maxwell E. Johnson

Maxwell E. Johnson is professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame. Among his many books, Johnson has published two on Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Virgin of Guadalupe: Theological Reflections of an Anglo-Lutheran Liturgist (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002); American Magnificat: Protestants on Mary of Guadalupe (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2010); Praying and Believing in Early Christianity (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2013).; and The Church in Act: Lutheran Liturgical Theology in Ecumenical Conversation (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015) .

Is Fasting from the Reception of Holy Communion the Same as Fasting from the Eucharistic Liturgy? A Lutheran Liturgical-Sacramental Reflection on Eucharistic Praxis during COVID-19

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By Maxwell E. Johnson What will become of the centrality of the Eucharist in Lutheran worship as a result of the current pandemic?  I have been thinking about this question ever since many of our congregations moved rather quickly to Zoom and You Tube liturgies with an increased emphasis upon the oral proclamation of the […]

Religiosidad Popular: The Virgin Mary and Lutherans

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Presented at the Cofradía Católica-Reformada Meeting, Santa Cruz Lutheran Church, Joliet, Ill., September 14, 2006. I. What is “Religiosidad Popular?” One of Virgilio Elizondo’s signficant contributions to contemporary theological thought has been the invitation to take seriously what is called “religiosidad popular” — “popular religion” or “popular piety” in distinction to “official” or “institutionalized faith” […]