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Gregory Baum (Gerhard Albert Baum) was born on 20 June, 1923 in Berlin, Weimar Republic, is a Canadian theologian. Discover Gregory Baum's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 94 years old?

Popular As Gerhard Albert Baum
Occupation Priest of the Order of St. Augustine (1947–1978)
Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 20 June, 1923
Birthday 20 June
Birthplace Berlin, Weimar Republic
Date of death 18 October, 2017
Died Place Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality United States

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1923

Gerhard Albert Baum (June 20, 1923 – October 18, 2017), better known as Gregory Baum, was a German-born Canadian priest and theologian in the Catholic Church.

1940

He arrived by boat in Quebec in 1940 with other Germans, most of them Jewish; they were housed in refugee camps, under military control.

After some transfers between Quebec, Trois-Rivières, New-Brunswick and Farnham, he was finally sent to Sherbrooke, Quebec.

1946

In 1946, while studying mathematics at McMaster University, a friend gave him a copy of Augustine's Confessions.

Shortly after he became a Roman Catholic.

1947

In 1947 he entered the Augustinian Order and was ordained to the priesthood.

1960

He became known in North America and Europe in the 1960s for his work on ecumenism, interfaith dialogue, and the relationship between the Catholic Church and Jews.

In the later 1960s, he went to the New School for Social Theory in New York and became a sociologist, which led to his work on creating a dialogue between classical sociology (Marx, Tocqueville, Durkheim, Toennies, Weber, etc.) and Christian theology.

1962

From 1962 to 2004, he was the editor of The Ecumenist, a review of theology, culture and society.

He continued contributing to The Ecumenist, serving as editor of one issue per year until his death.

He was also a member and frequent editor of the international Catholic review Concilium.

1965

It was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on October 28, 1965.

1968

Canadian author Michael Higgins, who first met Baum in 1968, writes "Politeness, ingenuousness, and collegiality are the personal as well as professional qualities that have defined his life and vocation no matter the setting — university, chancery, parish hall, retreat house, or activist cell."

He holds honorary doctorates from Huron University College, London, Ontario; St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, N.S; Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio; Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.; Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario; McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, and St. Jerome's University, Waterloo, Ontario.

1970

In the 1970s, he welcomed the insights of the Theology of Liberation that came from Latin America and other societies.

He also became interested in the work of Karl Mannheim and developed a program of ideology critique that he hoped would eliminate the ideological or prejudicial elements in religion.

1977

In particular, he urged cessation of Christian efforts to convert Jews, writing in a 1977 publication:

"After Auschwitz the Christian churches no longer wish to convert the Jews. While they may not be sure of the theological grounds that dispense them from this mission, the churches have become aware that asking the Jews to become Christians is a spiritual way of blotting them out of existence and thus only reinforces the effects of the Holocaust."

1978

In 1978, after leaving the Augustinians, he married his close friend Shirley Flynn and lived with her until her death in 2007.

He remained committed to "exploring my sexuality in non-conformist ways."

A strong supporter of gays and lesbians in the Church, Baum had been aware since adolescence of his own attraction to men.

1980

In the 1980s and 1990s, Baum continued his study into ideology critique by integrating the work of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory.

He connected the Frankfurt School's concept of "the end of innocent critique" with Liberation theology's "preferential option for the poor".

Born to a Jewish mother and a Protestant father, in Berlin, he came to Canada from England as a war refugee.

1986

Baum was the professor of theology and sociology at University of Saint Michael's College in the University of Toronto and, after 1986, professor of theological ethics at McGill University's Faculty of Religious Studies.

In Montreal, he was associated with the Jesuit Centre justice et foi until his death.

During his time at the University of St. Michael’s College, Baum explored the relationship between theological and sociological thinking, as opposed to the relationship between theology and philosophy.

During the church council Vatican II he was a peritus, or theological advisor, at the Ecumenical Secretariat, the commission responsible for three conciliar documents: On Religious Liberty, On Ecumenism, and On the Church's Relation to Non-Christian Religions.

He composed an early draft of the conciliar document Nostra aetate, the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions, that was later expanded to address all the world religions.

He was also among the small group of theologians who worked on the fourth and final draft.

After moving to Montreal in 1986, he fell in love with a former priest.

1990

In 1990, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of being "a guide and inspiration to generations of students of many different faiths and backgrounds".

2012

In 2012 he signed the Catholic Scholars' Declaration on Authority in the Church.

2017

Baum died in hospital in Montreal on October 18, 2017, surrounded by his friends.

His funeral was held at his parish church, Saint Pierre-Apôtre in Montreal.