Ralph N. McMichael, Jr. is an Anglican priest residing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He received his Ph.D. in systematic theology from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Vocation of Anglican Theology (2014)

"In this provocative, stimulating and absorbing book, Ralph McMichael turns the customary considerations of worship and theology around. He maintains that, rather than our faith leading us to worship in the Eucharist, instead the Eucharist is literally the shape of our faith. Thus we don’t judge the Eucharist through scripture but vice versa, because scripture is intended to be read eucharistically. It would be hard to read this book and not to recall its ambitious argument each time one participated in the Eucharist."

• Acknowledgements ixForeword xiiiIntroduction 1Part 1 Theology1. The Eucharistic Origin of Theology 172. The Eucharistic Nature of Theology 42Part 2 Seeking3. Tradition 754. Scripture 104Part 3 Understanding5. Knowledge 1376. Language 1677. Truth 198Part 4 Faith8. The Eucharistic Faith 227Epilogue: Going Where We Are Already 258Appendix: The Holy Eucharist: The Paradigm That Does Not Shift 262Index of Bible References 275Index of Names and Subjects 277

Ralph N. McMichael, Jr. is an Anglican priest residing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He received his Ph.D. in systematic theology from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Vocation of Anglican Theology (2014)

"In this provocative, stimulating and absorbing book, Ralph McMichael turns the customary considerations of worship and theology around. He maintains that, rather than our faith leading us to worship in the Eucharist, instead the Eucharist is literally the shape of our faith. Thus we don’t judge the Eucharist through scripture but vice versa, because scripture is intended to be read eucharistically. It would be hard to read this book and not to recall its ambitious argument each time one participated in the Eucharist."

• Acknowledgements ixForeword xiiiIntroduction 1Part 1 Theology1. The Eucharistic Origin of Theology 172. The Eucharistic Nature of Theology 42Part 2 Seeking3. Tradition 754. Scripture 104Part 3 Understanding5. Knowledge 1376. Language 1677. Truth 198Part 4 Faith8. The Eucharistic Faith 227Epilogue: Going Where We Are Already 258Appendix: The Holy Eucharist: The Paradigm That Does Not Shift 262Index of Bible References 275Index of Names and Subjects 277

Ralph N. McMichael, Jr. is an Anglican priest residing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He received his Ph.D. in systematic theology from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Vocation of Anglican Theology (2014)

"In this provocative, stimulating and absorbing book, Ralph McMichael turns the customary considerations of worship and theology around. He maintains that, rather than our faith leading us to worship in the Eucharist, instead the Eucharist is literally the shape of our faith. Thus we don’t judge the Eucharist through scripture but vice versa, because scripture is intended to be read eucharistically. It would be hard to read this book and not to recall its ambitious argument each time one participated in the Eucharist."

• Acknowledgements ixForeword xiiiIntroduction 1Part 1 Theology1. The Eucharistic Origin of Theology 172. The Eucharistic Nature of Theology 42Part 2 Seeking3. Tradition 754. Scripture 104Part 3 Understanding5. Knowledge 1376. Language 1677. Truth 198Part 4 Faith8. The Eucharistic Faith 227Epilogue: Going Where We Are Already 258Appendix: The Holy Eucharist: The Paradigm That Does Not Shift 262Index of Bible References 275Index of Names and Subjects 277