Torrance family
The Torrance family includes several well-known modern Scottish theologians and clergymen, primarily associated with the Church of Scotland.[1] The patriarch of the Torrance family of theologians is Thomas Torrance (1871-1959), a Scottish missionary to China and father of Mary, Thomas F., Grace, Margaret, James, David.
The first generation after Thomas Torrance include:
- Thomas Forsyth (T. F.) Torrance (1913–2007) – Late Church of Scotland minister and influential theologian who was Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh.[2][3]
- James (J. B.) Torrance (1923–2003) – Late Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen. Younger brother of Thomas Torrance.[4]
- David W. Torrance (born 1924) – Church of Scotland minister and youngest son of the Torrance family.
- Ronald Wallace (1911–2006) – Late Professor of Biblical Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary. He was married to Mary.[5] His son-in-law, George Newlands, was also an academic theologian.
Well-known second generation theologians of the Torrance family include:
- Iain Richard Torrance (born 1949) – President and Professor of Patristics Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary and a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Son of Thomas F. Torrance.[6]
- Alan Torrance (born 1956) – Current Professor of Systematic Theology at St Mary's College, the University of St Andrews. Son of James Torrance.[7]
References
- ↑ http://roxborogh.com/REFORMED/torrance.htm
- ↑ http://www.tftorrance.org/bio.php
- ↑ http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/obituaries/Academic-and-Church-of-Scotland.3587455.jp
- ↑ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1025320.ece
- ↑ http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/obituaries/Professor-Ronald-Wallace.2754853.jp
- ↑ http://www.ptsem.edu/index.aspx?id=2199
- ↑ http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/rt/staff/torrance/
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