Filaments

"David Tracy has a good claim to be the most prominent Catholic theologian of the last half-century in North America and one of the leading Catholic voices of his generation worldwide. . . . These substantial volumes of studies by Tracy spanning over four decades exhibit consistently one of the most appealing features of his work, a deep intellectual generosity that is willing to tease out from the work of figures to whom you would expect him to be antipathetic significant perspectives and questions deserving positive exploration."-- "The Journal of Religion"
"To read [it] is to be educated and enriched by a remarkable breadth of inquiry and depth of analysis... Tracy's passion for theological conversation is... fuelled by a desire for justice and peace, but also by wonder at the unending love and creativity of God." -- "Critical Theology"
"Tracy is himself a Rome-like theologian, whose intellectual imagination and wide-ranging interests entice him continually into new byways of thought, more and diverse thinkers, and revised perspectives on old interests. These latest volumes, comprised of essays and talks given over more than forty years, invite the reader into the ancient city of Tracy's theology. . . . [The volumes] gather essays spanning five decades, imposing structure on a set of reflections from one of the most visionary and expansive living theologians. If we cannot by these volumes summit the mountain of Tracy's theology, we must admit that is because there is no peak to crest. There is instead an ancient city to explore, teeming with gifts of erudition and liberality, pointing us to Alps upon Alps."-- "Journal of the American Academy of Religion"
"These volumes will do justice to North America's preeminent Catholic thinker for the past forty years, as well as contributing significantly to his legacy. Tracy has earned this distinction over a lifetime of conversation and argument on matters philosophical and theological. He is a religious thinker whose thought is woven into the fabric of the disciplines, and which very different thinkers can take up for very different reasons."--Cyril O'Regan, University of Notre Dame