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David Tracy, 86, Theologian Who Rejected Rome’s Supremacy, Dies
May 16, 2025
The New York Times published an obituary remembering Prof David Tracy on May 16, 2025. Author Trip Gabriel writes:
"The Rev. David Tracy, a leading liberal Catholic theologian who open-sourced his understanding of God, borrowing from Jews, Buddhists and great works of art and literature, and who rejected Rome as the sole authority on how to be a good Christian, died on April 29 in Chicago. He was 86.
His death, in a hospital, was announced by the University of Chicago Divinity School, where he taught for nearly 40 years."
Read the full story, "David Tracy, 86, Theologian Who Rejected Rome’s Supremacy, Dies," here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/david-tracy-dead.html