Thomas F. Torrance : (Record no. 53310)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 97805670868390567086836 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BX4827.T67 |
| Item number | .M34 1999 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | McGrath, Alister E. |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Thomas F. Torrance : |
| Remainder of title | An Intellectual Biography / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Alister E. McGrath |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Edinburgh, UK : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | T & T Clark, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1999 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 300 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. , facsi. , maps, port. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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 -- 5. Professor at Edinburgh, 1950-79 -- From Church History to Dogmatics -- Ecumenical engagement: a Reformed perspective -- Barth's successor at Basel? -- PART TWO -- THE CONTOURS OF A SCIENTIFIC THEOLOGY -- Introduction -- 6. Torrance and British Barth-Reception -- Barth-reception: regional perspectives -- Scandinavia -- England -- Scotland -- The mechanics of Barth-reception -- The translation: the Church Dogmatics -- The journal: the Scottish Journal of Theology -- The publisher: T & T Clark -- The platform: Edinburgh University Faculty of Divinity -- Torrance on the significance of Barth -- Torrance's use of Barth in the Auburn Lectures, 1938-9 -- Torrance's interpretation of the significance of Barth. 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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Torrance, Thomas F.—(Thomas Forsyth),—1913-2007.Theologians—Scotland—Biography. |
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