Thomas F. Tracy

Background

Thomas F. Tracy was born on November 17, 1948, in Pasadena, California, United States.

Education

Tracy graduated from St. Olaf College with a bachelor's degree in 1971. He then obtained a Master of Philosophy degree in 1975 and his doctorate in 1980 from Yale University.

Career

Tracy started his career as an instructor at Bates College in 1976. Four years later he was appointed as an assistant professor and in 1983 he became an associate professor. Since 1989, Tracy worked as a professor of religion there, and since 1991, he held the position of chairperson of the department.

During his long teaching career, Tracy was also a speaker at educational institutions, including Colby College and Hendrix College, and a visiting professor at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Now Tracy works as a freelance writer, living in Lewiston, Maine. He is also a contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Faith and Philosophy, Journal of Religion, and Thomist.

Achievements

• Tracy is the best known as the author of two books on the topic of religion: God, Action, and Embodiment of 1984 and The God Who Acts: Philosophical and Theological Explorations of 1994.
  
  He is also a contributor to books, including Divine Action: Studies Inspired by the Philosophical Theology of Austin Farrer, 1990; Chaos and Complexity: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action, 1995; and A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, 1997.

Works

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  • The God Who Acts: Philosophical and Theological Explorations

    (The affirmation that God acts in history has roots deep w...)

    1994
  • God, Action, and Embodiment 1984

Membership

Tracy is a member of the Maine Humanities Council and Vatican Observatory Conferences on Theology and Science.