Thomas F. Torrance, MBE, (1913-2007) served as professor of Christian dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh, for twenty-seven years and in 1978 was the recipient of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Torrance was also coeditor of the Scottish Journal of Theology.
Robert T. Walker, the nephew of T. F. Torrance, has degrees in philosophy and theology from Edinburgh University, Scotland. He currently divides his time between teaching theology at Edinburgh University and teaching outdoor pursuits in Perthshire.
"Torrance's lectures succeed in setting forth the doctrine of
Christ's person with a breadth of scope and depth of detail that
will aid those who seek an account of why Christians regard Jesus
Christ as the Savior of the world. Incarnation crowns Thomas F.
Torrance's lifetime of productive service to the Church as a
contribution of enduring value."
*Nathan D. Hieb, Koinonia*
"Torrance presents a full, deeply biblical account of the classical
and Reformed doctrines of the person of Jesus Christ and contends
that his hwole life is of saving significance."
*Interpretation, July 2009*
"No more books by Thomas F. Torrance were needed to confirm his
standing among English-speaking theologians, or to display his
gifts as the most readable and challenging Scottish theologian of
all time (not forgetting John Duns Scotus, for whom he had such
esteem). None of the books that appeared in his lifetime bears in
such a focused way on the person of Christ and his significance for
salvation. With his almost unique command of the biblical as well
as of the patristic sources, clarity of expression, passion for
orthodoxy, and unmistakable (though unobtrusive) personal faith,
Professor Torrance still has something new to teach us."
*Fergus Kerr, OP, FRSE, Honorary Fellow, School of Divinity,
University of Edinburgh*
"I salute with all my strength the publication of the late
Professor T. F. Torrance's lectures on Christology. The doctrine of
Christ is the heart of his far-reaching and unified theological
teaching which has inspired so many theologians from all
traditions, not least from the Orthodox East where he has been
especially appreciated. Torrance is a Reformed theologian whose
work builds on the classical, patristic foundations of Christian
theology and articulates a truly ecumenical theology. His
theological legacy is an inestimable treasure which lays the ground
for ecumenical reconstruction and reconciliation. May his memory be
eternal!"
*George Dragas, professor of patrology, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
School of Theology, Massachusetts*
"The publication of T. F. Torrance's lectures on Christology is a
welcome event that will make available to a wider public important
material that impacted generations of students at New College,
Edinburgh. This volume offers a clear and sustained account of the
ecumenical Christology that Torrance defended so robustly in his
teaching. We are much indebted to Robert Walker for his skill and
dedication in carrying out extensive editorial work on the original
typescript."
*David Fergusson, Professor of Divinity, New College, University of
Edinburgh*
"Nowhere else in T. F. Torrance's writings will you find the kind
of synthesis of the entire sweep of his dogmatics as you will find
in this volume and its companion volume, Atonement. Everyone
concerned with constructive systematic theology in general, or with
Torrance's theology in particular, will want to acquire and read
these books. They reveal the heart and soul of Torrance's
theological vision."
*Elmer M. Colyer, Professor of Historical Theology, Stanley
Professor of Wesley Studies, University of Dubuque Theological
Seminary, and author of How to Read T. F. Torrance: Understanding
His Trinitarian Scientific Theology*
"No theologian in the latter half of the twentieth century devoted
more attention to the mystery of the incarnation than T. F.
Torrance. These magnificent posthumously published lectures give us
the most sustained and rounded account of his views that we will
ever have. In depth of learning, profundity of insight and purity
of faith, nothing comparable has appeared from the pen of an
English-speaking theologian since John Henry Newman. This is a
towering work that deserves to be read throughout the ecumenical
churches, to whose renewal and imperative reunion it promises to
make a vital contribution."
*George Hunsinger, Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic
Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary*
"No other book I know in English does what this superb volume does
in presenting with absolute clarity the full classical doctrine of
the universal church on the person and work of Christ, bringing
together biblical, patristic and Reformation perspectives in a rich
harmony. And, as those who heard these lectures for themselves
testify, the effect of this exposition is a deepened love of the
incarnate Son and thanksgiving for his inexpressible gift. This
book is a wonderful legacy from one of the very greatest of
English-language systematic theologians."
*Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury*
"T. F. Torrance stands as one of the finest English-speaking
theologians of modern times. Here we have the nearest thing to the
systematic theology he had always hoped to write. Scripturally
rooted, philosophically acute and always alert to the theological
issues that really matter, this book cannot fail to inspire anyone
who cares about constructive Christian thought in our day."
*Jeremy Begbie, Thomas Langford Research Professor of Theology,
Duke University*
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