ABSTRACT
This chapter is not an introduction into the philosophical work of William Desmond. That has been done recently, and very thoroughly, in a volume edited by Thomas A.F. Kelly, which for the first time presented an integral discussion of Desmond’s philosophical enterprises.1 Rather, this chapter attempts to render Desmond’s philosophy fruitful for theology, thereby showing, albeit in an indirect fashion, that his account of God and Christianity is highly relevant for contemporary fundamental theological issues. More specifically, it is my contention that Desmond’s thought is particularly interesting in the area of the liturgy and liturgical theology. The nature of the liturgy can be adequately understood with an appeal to crucial concepts of Desmond’s metaphysics.
