Theology and Liturgy
When theology loses contact with liturgy, it inevitably turns in on itself. That is, when theology is no longer set within the worship and prayer that directs its attention away from itself, forces it to gaze on its object which transcends it, it cannot help but become fundamentally a matter of ‘internal coherence’ rather than faithfulness. Theology then becomes static, lost in a kind of internal satisfaction, and ceases any longer to follow after our God who leads us through the wilderness.
23 January 2008 |
tags: Liturgy, Method, Prayer
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Good thoughts. This reminds me of a quote I once read – from an old Dutch Reformed source, of all places – that said “he who moves one finger of the liturgy moves the whole hand of theology”.