J. B. Torrance
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James Torrance was Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen
. He was a younger brother to Thomas F. Torrance and father of Alan Torrance
. He gave the 1994 Didsbury Lectures.
University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
. He was a younger brother to Thomas F. Torrance and father of Alan Torrance
Alan Torrance
Alan Torrance is professor of systematic theology at St Mary's College of the University of St Andrews. Previously he lectured at King's College London from 1993–1998, where he was also Director of the Research Institute in Systematic Theology...
. He gave the 1994 Didsbury Lectures.
Major works
- 'Covenant and Contract, a Study of the Theological Background of Worship in seventeenth-century Scotland', SJT 23: 51-76 (1970)
- 'The Contribution of McLeod Campbell to Scottish Theology', SJT 26: 295-311 (1973)
- 'The Vicarious Humanity of Christ' in The Incarnation, Ecumenical Studies in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, AD 381, ed. T.F. Torrance (Handsel Press, 1981)
- 'The Doctrine of the Trinity in our Contemporary Situation' in The Forgotten Trinity, Volume 3 (British Council of Churches, 1991)
- 'Introduction' to The Nature of the Atonement by J. McLeod Campbell (Handsel Press, 1996)
- Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace. The 1994 Didsbury Lectures (Paternoster, 1996)
Secondary works
- 'Christ in Our Place: The Humanity of God in Christ for the Reconciliation of the World': Essays Presented to James Torrance, edited by Trevor HartInstitute for Theology, Imagination & the ArtsThe Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts is an institute within St Mary's College, the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, which 'aims to advance and enrich an active conversation between Christian theology and the arts - bringing rigorous theological thinking...
et al. (Paternoster, 1989)