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) – Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology at St Mary's College, the University of St Andrews. Son of James Torrance.[7]
Theologically active members of the Torrance family's third generation are:
Andrew Torrance - Senior Lecturer in theology and co-founder (with his father, Alan) of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St Andrews.[8]
David Torrance - Missionary with the Church Mission Society serving in Tanzania as a theological educator.[9] Son of Alan Torrance.
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