When God Breaks the Story Open: A Theology of Interruption

Theologian Lieven Boeve: "For Christians, professing Christ is the interruption par excellence of history. It is this God and this interruption to which the Christian narrative bears witness. A witness that never attempts to completely grasp or contain this God. Moreover, whenever this narrative tends to close itself, it is itself interrupted. Broken open precisely by the same God who prevents the Christian narrative from closing itself. Belief in the resurrection is the sharpest expression of this. When narratives are forced shut, even unto death, God nevertheless still breaks them open."
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Lieven Boeve is a leading Belgian Catholic theologian and Professor of Theology at KU Leuven, where he specializes in fundamental theology and the challenges of faith in contemporary culture. At KU Leuven’s Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, he founded the influential Research Group Theology in a Postmodern Context, which explores how Christian faith can be meaningfully expressed amid shifting philosophical, cultural, and secular paradigms.

Internationally recognized for his work on theological epistemology and postmodern hermeneutics, Boeve has authored numerous books and articles on recontextualizing Christian tradition in a pluralistic and fragmented world. His key publications include God Interrupts History, Lyotard and Theology, and Theology at the Crossroads of University, Church and Society.

In 2014, Boeve was appointed Director-General of Katholiek Onderwijs Vlaanderen, the Flemish Office for Catholic Education, where he has overseen the spiritual and pedagogical development of Catholic schools across the region. His work bridges academic theology and practical formation, reimagining religious education for a new generation.
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