"Liturgical theology" is often a convenient label for any theology that has loosely to do with worship or Eucharist. In this innovative book, David Fagerberg distinguishes liturgical theology by asserting two characteristics: it is lex orandi (and so manifested in the Church's historic rites), and theologia prima (and so the source of all secondary theology).
Liturgy is the place of steadfast encounter with God because it is the trysting place of truth, beauty, and goodness. Therefore liturgy is where theological sources
function precisely as sources. One becomes theologian by being formed in the "grammar" of the liturgy.
The subject matter of this book is how the liturgical assembly makes theological adjustment to its encounter with God. Liturgy, as "theologia prima," is therefore the
basis for all theology, whether done by a believer in the pew, a monk in the cell, or an academic in the study.
Theologia Prima is a thorough revision of Dr. Fagerberg's groundbreaking, What Is Liturgical Theology? A Study in Methodology (1992). It contains three new chapters as well as well as more anecdotal material derived from Dr. Fagerberg's extensive experience as a teacher and theologian.
