David W. Fagerberg

David W. Fagerberg is professor emeritus in the department of theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he taught for twenty years. He holds an MDiv from Luther Seminary; an M.A. from St. John's University, Collegeville; an S.T.M. from Yale Divinity School; and the Ph.D. from Yale University. He has explored how lex orandi is the foundation for lex credendi (Theologia Prima, 2003), into which he integrated the Orthodox understanding of asceticism (On Liturgical Asceticism, 2013). He applied liturgical theology to daily life (Consecrating the World, 2016) and to personal spirituality (Liturgical Mysticism, 2020). He has treated liturgy’s foundation for dogmatics (Liturgical Dogmatics, 2021) and for various theological questions (The Liturgical Cosmos, 2023). His recent work has turned to “theologians of abnegation”, i.e. Catholic spiritual writers 1500-1900 (in Desiring to Desire God, 2024) and his latest TAKE UP YOUR CROSS (Sensus Fidelium Press, 2024)