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Thomas F. Torrance : an intellectual biography /
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TextPublication details: Edinburgh. T&T Clark. ©1999Description: xiv, 300 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 25 cmISBN: - .
- 0567086836
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PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EMERGENCE OF A SCIENTIFIC THEOLOGIAN -- 1. Childhood: Sichuan, China: 1913-27 -- Thomas Torrance Senior: missionary in Chengdu -- Marriage and early family life -- Political instability: the decision to leave China -- 2. Education: Scotland and Beyond, 1927-38 -- Edinburgh: the Faculty of Arts, 1931-4 -- The Faculty of Divinity: New College, 1934-7 -- The Middle East: the Blackie Fellowship, 1936 -- Basel: the encounter with Barth, 1937-8 -- 3. America: Auburn Theological Seminary, 1938-9 -- The Auburn Lectures on theology -- Where next? Chicago and Princeton -- Parish and Wartime Service, 1940-50 -- Oriel College, Oxford, 1939-40 -- Parish ministry: Alyth, 1940-3 -- War service: 1943-5 -- Parish ministry: from Alyth to Beechgrove, 1945-50 -- The call to New College, 1950 --
7. Revelation and Salvation: The Place of Jesus Christ in Christian Theology -- Early views: the Auburn Lectures -- The Christological foundations of revelation -- The relation of Christology and soteriology -- Influences on Torrance's approach to the Trinity -- Athanasius -- Hugh Ross Mackintosh -- Karl Barth -- John Calvin -- Christianity as a trinitarian faith -- The foundations of the doctrine of the Trinity -- The Trinity and the stratification of truth -- 8. The Place and Purpose of Natural Theology -- Natural theology and the Reformed tradition -- Barth's critique of natural theology -- Torrance's interpretation of Barth on natural theology -- Torrance's attitude to natural theology -- Torrance and the classic Reformed tradition -- Natural theology and the contingency of creation -- Dualism and natural theology -- 9. Theology and the Natural Sciences -- Theology and science: Torrance in relation to Barth -- The Auburn Lectures on science and theology -- Theology as a science -- Realism in science and theology -- The concept of order in theology and science -- Michael Polanyi: philosopher of science -- Space, time and incarnation -- Conclusion -- CURRICULUM VITAE -- UNPUBLISHED SOURCES -- A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF THOMAS F. TORRANCE 1941- Index
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Includes bibliographical references and index
PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EMERGENCE OF A SCIENTIFIC THEOLOGIAN -- 1. Childhood: Sichuan, China: 1913-27 -- Thomas Torrance Senior: missionary in Chengdu -- Marriage and early family life -- Political instability: the decision to leave China -- 2. Education: Scotland and Beyond, 1927-38 -- Edinburgh: the Faculty of Arts, 1931-4 -- The Faculty of Divinity: New College, 1934-7 -- The Middle East: the Blackie Fellowship, 1936 -- Basel: the encounter with Barth, 1937-8 -- 3. America: Auburn Theological Seminary, 1938-9 -- The Auburn Lectures on theology -- Where next? Chicago and Princeton -- Parish and Wartime Service, 1940-50 -- Oriel College, Oxford, 1939-40 -- Parish ministry: Alyth, 1940-3 -- War service: 1943-5 -- Parish ministry: from Alyth to Beechgrove, 1945-50 -- The call to New College, 1950 --
7. Revelation and Salvation: The Place of Jesus Christ in Christian Theology -- Early views: the Auburn Lectures -- The Christological foundations of revelation -- The relation of Christology and soteriology -- Influences on Torrance's approach to the Trinity -- Athanasius -- Hugh Ross Mackintosh -- Karl Barth -- John Calvin -- Christianity as a trinitarian faith -- The foundations of the doctrine of the Trinity -- The Trinity and the stratification of truth -- 8. The Place and Purpose of Natural Theology -- Natural theology and the Reformed tradition -- Barth's critique of natural theology -- Torrance's interpretation of Barth on natural theology -- Torrance's attitude to natural theology -- Torrance and the classic Reformed tradition -- Natural theology and the contingency of creation -- Dualism and natural theology -- 9. Theology and the Natural Sciences -- Theology and science: Torrance in relation to Barth -- The Auburn Lectures on science and theology -- Theology as a science -- Realism in science and theology -- The concept of order in theology and science -- Michael Polanyi: philosopher of science -- Space, time and incarnation -- Conclusion -- CURRICULUM VITAE -- UNPUBLISHED SOURCES -- A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF THOMAS F. TORRANCE 1941- Index
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