Abstract

As with all fields of study, theology has been forced to come to terms with the shift into post-modernism, understood here in a general sense as a post-positivist, pluralistic shift to the other. David Tracy is a Roman Catholic theologian who has made a career of developing methodologies that embrace this shift without sacrificing the most integral aspects of theological self-understanding. He has been publishing for more than 30 years and with each new work he introduces new means of achieving a sufficiently post-modern methodology. This thesis summarizes some of the various contributions of David Tracy including some commentary as to how effectively they engage post-modernity. I also explore, briefly, some ways in which Tracy's theological understanding has informed my own