David Tracy, influential Catholic theologian who examined mystery of faith, dies

An influential theologian who taught for 37 years at the University of Chicago Divinity School, David Tracy wrote about the significance of mystery within religions and examined how literature influences theology. A professor of Catholic studies and an ordained Roman Catholic priest, Tracy was known for his independence of thought and commitment to free expression. Though generally a supporter of the Catholic Church’s leadership, Tracy joined 20 other professors at the Catholic University of America in 1968 in formally dissenting from Pope Paul VI’s encyclical letter objecting to artificial birth...