What concepts must one have in order to understand and explain the nature and purpose, the plan and actualization, and the relational character of the liturgy? Volume 2: Fundamental Liturgy addresses this question in three parts - epistemology, celebration, and human sciences - which develop the foundational concepts of the liturgy. It leads the reader to a deeper understanding of the liturgy by examining the basic concepts that belong to its definition.Articles and their contributors are Theology of the Liturgy,"e; by Alceste Catella;"e;Liturgical Symbolism,"e; by Crispino Valenziano; "e;Liturgy and Spirituality,"e; by Jesus Castellano Cervera, OCD; "e;Pastoral Liturgical Ministry,"e; by Domenico Sartore, CSJ; "e;Catechesis and Liturgy,"e; by Domenico Sartore, CSJ; "e;Liturgy and Ecclesiology,"e; by Nathan Mitchell; "e;The Liturgical Assembly,"e; by Mark Francis, CSV; "e;Participation in the Liturgy,"e; by Anna Kai-Yung Chan; "e;Liturgical Ministries,"e; by Thomas A. Krosnicki, SVD; "e;The Psychosociological Aspect of the Liturgy,"e; by Lucio Maria Pinkus, OSM; "e;Liturgy and Anthropology: The Meaning and the Method of the Question,"e; by Crispino Valenziano; "e;The Language of Liturgy,"e; by Silvano Maggiani, OSM; "e;Liturgy and Aesthetic,"e; by Silvano Maggiani, OSM; "e;Liturgy and Music,"e; by Jan Michael Joncas; "e;Liturgy and Iconology,"e; by Crispino Valenziano; and "e;Liturgy and Inculturation,"e; by Anscar J. Chupungco, OSB and Silvano Maggiani, OSM"e;