Maxwell E. Johnson

Maxwell E. Johnson is professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame and a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. His numerous publications are on the origins and development of early Christian liturgy, including the Rites of Christian Initiation, as well as on current ecumenical liturgical-theological questions. He is the author, co-author, and/or editor of over 19 books and seventy essays, articles, and chapters in books and journals. A member of the North American Academy of Liturgy, Societas Liturgica, and the Society of Oriental Liturgy, he was elected vice-president of the North American Academy of Liturgy in 2013.