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2018-05-29 2018 Keynote Lecture: Jeremy Begbie Jeremy Begbie, Duke University "Incarnation, Creation and New Creation: What T. F. Torrance offers to a Theological Re-visioning of the Arts" Friday, November 16, 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1A. AAR Annual Meeting, Denver. Program #: P16-251. The T.F.…
2019-11-22 2019 Annual Meeting Keynote speaker: Oliver Crisp; with response by Myk Habets. The annual meeting of the fellowship will be on Friday, 22nd November this year at the AAR conference in San Diego at the anticipated time beginning at 1 pm. The committee decided to go for a somewhat different approach this year by… A Symposium: T. F. Torrance on Theosis and Universal Salvation Friday, November 22, 2019, 1:00-4:00 pm.
2019-11-21 2019 annual website report San Diego, November 2019.by Gary Deddo, Jerome van Kuiken, Brent Purkaple, Kerry Magruder.
2020-12-15 2020 Annual Meeting T. F. Torrance's Soteriological Suspension of the Ethical., P1-103 12/1/2020 from 1 to 4 PM Video (on Vimeo, recorded November 14, 2o2o) Updated bibliographic record: #2020-THS-2. American Academy of Religion 2020 Annual Meeting This year's annual lecture will be given by Dr. Todd Speidell…
2020-07-31 2020 Torrance Virtual Workshop-Retreat 2020 Torrance Virtual Workshop-Retreat July 31 - August 2 Sponsor: The Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship. Organizers: Brent Purkaple, Geordie Ziegler, Daniel Cameron, Kerry Magruder.Contact: workshop-retreat@tftorrance.orgLog-in required: \| Participants List \| Full Program \| Virtual Book…
2020-11-29 AAR annual conference The virtual annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion will be November 29 to December 10, 2020. An initial search of the online program disclosed no Torrance-related presentations this year. Let us know if we missed one, and we will gladly post it here.
2019-11-22 AAR/SBL/ETS Torrance-related sessions If you are a member of the T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship and are presenting a paper at AAR, SBL or ETS, or if you know of a Torrance-related presentation not listed below, please contact us. This page will be revised as we gain more information. AAR/SBL The annual meetings of the American… November 23-26, 2019
2018-11-17 American Academy of Religion 2018 Annual Meeting Of special notice: Karl Barth Society of North America: "Barth's Relevance for Today." Friday, 4:30-6:30 p.m. P16-304. George Hunsinger, presiding. Karl Barth Society of North America: "Karl Barth's The Epistle to the Romans." Saturday, 9-11:30 a.m. P17-107. George Hunsinger, presiding. If we… November 17-20, 2018
2022-11-01 American Academy of Religion 2022 annual conference Presenters who are members of the TFT Theological Fellowship include: Judith Wolfe, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews: session tba Members: Let us know if you are presenting. November 19-22, 2022
2016-01-02 Annual Meeting 2016 We are pleased to announce that our guest speaker for our annual lecture series will be Prof. Alister McGrath. He will deliver a paper titled: “A Manifesto for Intellectual Engagement: Reflections on Thomas F. Torrance's Theological Science (1969).” Prof. McGrath is Andreas Idreos Professor of…

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Founded in 2001 as a research organization devoted to critical and constructive engagement with the Trinitarian theology of Thomas F. Torrance, the T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship became an auxiliary organization of the American Academy of Religion in 2003. The website has grown into a hub for a geographically-dispersed multidisciplinary community. It features the peer-reviewed open-access journal Participatio (founded 2009), annual keynotes (since 2005), research bibliographies (> 1600 primary sources), workshops, videos, student profiles and dissertation notices, a member directory, and other resources to stimulate and sustain a Torrance-related Trinitarian vision.

Note: Just as the work of Thomas F. Torrance was interdisciplinary, so this Fellowship is multi-disciplinary, pertaining to any discipline, including philosophy and the sciences. And as the work of Tom Torrance (TFT) was intertwined with that of his brothers James (JBT) and David (DWT), so the resources on this website pertain to the innumerable students and scholars who continue to creatively, critically, and constructively engage the work of all three brothers.

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David J. Torrance With great sadness we announce that David J. Torrance passed away October 16, 2023. Rev.
Deb Colyer With great sadness we announce that Deb Colyer, wife of El Colyer, passed away November 11, 2023

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Thomas F. Torrance, "Ethics and Embryos," taped lecture, Rutherford House, Edinburgh	Ethics and Embryos
Thomas F. Torrance, "War Service – Middle East & Italy: 1943-45," Unpublished typescript (No date), 64 pp., #U-TFT-3	War Service – Middle East & Italy: 1943-45
Michael D. Morrison, ed., Trinitarian Conversations, Volume 2: Interviews With More Theologians (Charlotte, North Carolina: Grace Communion International, 2022)	Trinitarian Conversations, Volume 2
The Thomas F. Torrance History of Science Collection, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries	The Thomas F. Torrance History of Science Collection
Kerry Magruder and Brent Purkaple, general editors, The Torrance Oral History Project (The Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship, 2019-ongoing)	The Torrance Oral History Project - Description
Thomas F. Torrance, Select Works of Thomas F. Torrance (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock; Bellingham, Washington: Faithlife Corporation, Logos Bible Software, 2018); #2018-TFT-1	Select Works of Thomas F. Torrance
Thomas F. Torrance, Gospel, Church, and Ministry, ed. Jock Stein (Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, 2012; Bellingham, Washington: Faithlife Corporation, Logos Bible Software, 2018); #2012-TFT-1-Logos	Gospel, Church, and Ministry
Thomas F. Torrance, Theology in Reconciliation: Essays towards Evangelical and Catholic Unity in East and West (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 1996); #1975-322; Bellingham, Washington: Faithlife Corporation, Logos Bible Software, 2018, #1975-322-Logos	Theology in Reconciliation
Thomas F. Torrance, Theology in Reconstruction (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 1996), #1996-616;; Bellingham, Washington: Faithlife Corporation, Logos Bible Software, 2018, #1996-616-Logos	Theology in Reconstruction
Thomas F. Torrance, Juridical Law and Physical Law: Toward a Realist Foundation for Human Law (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 1997), #1997-TFT-3; Bellingham, Washington: Faithlife Corporation, Logos Bible Software, 2018, #1997-TFT-3-Logos	Juridical Law and Physical Law

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Robert J. Wozniak, "Scientific Imagination as locus of Theology," Religions 16, no. 4 (2025): 467; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16040467	Scientific Imagination as locus of Theology
Christopher Woznicki, “The Vicarious Mission of Christ and the Church,” Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship Annual Meeting, San Diego, November 22, 2024	Annual Meeting 2024
Myk Habets, "The Vagaries of Theology: Thomas F. Torrance and Practical Theology," Participatio 12: "The Practical Theology of Thomas F. Torrance" (2024): 175-213	The Vagaries of Theology
Emmanuel Gergis, "The Christology of Thomas F. Torrance and the Coptic Church: A Bridge to Ecumenism," Participatio 12: "The Practical Theology of Thomas F. Torrance" (2024): 123-174	The Christology of Thomas F. Torrance and the Coptic Church
Paul D. Molnar, The Centrality of Christ in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance: Some Dogmatic Implications (London: T&T Clark, 2024)	The Centrality of Christ in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance
Daniel J. Cameron and Myk Habets, "Editorial," Participatio 12: "The Practical Theology of Thomas F. Torrance" (2024): 3-8	Editorial
Hakbong Kim, "The Vicarious Humanity of Christ and the Sacramental Action of the Church: The Promise of Social Ethics in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance," Participatio 12: "The Practical Theology of Thomas F. Torrance" (2024): 9-27	The Vicarious Humanity of Christ and the Sacramental Action of the Church
Stavan Narendra John, "Thomas F. Torrance’s Theology of the Ascension: A Practical Theological Dogmatic Sketch," Participatio 12: "The Practical Theology of Thomas F. Torrance" (2024): 29-46	Thomas F. Torrance’s Theology of the Ascension
Chancellor Stillwell, "Preaching a Faith Not Our Own: Torrance and the Vicarious Faith of Christ," Participatio 12: "The Practical Theology of Thomas F. Torrance" (2024): 47-70	Preaching a Faith Not Our Own
Paul Louis Metzger, "The Existential Significance of T. F. Torrance’s Christocentric Theology for Pastoral and Palliative Care," Participatio 12: "The Practical Theology of Thomas F. Torrance" (2024): 71-92	The Existential Significance of T. F. Torrance’s Christocentric Theology for Pastoral and Palliative Care

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2011, Walker, Robert T.	The Dogmatics Lectures of Thomas F. Torrance
1986, Trook, Douglas A.	The Unified Christocentric Field
2008, Kang, Phee Seng (Pisheng Jiang)	Kexue yu zongjiao duihua zai zhongguo
2006, Kang, Phee Seng (Pisheng Jiang)	Bridging Science and Religion in China
428, Damin, Wu, Torrance, Thomas	Selected Works of Thomas Torrance
n.d., Torrance, Thomas F.	War Service – Middle East & Italy: 1943-45
2006, Torrance, Annie E., Walker, Grace Brownlee Torrance, Torrance, David W.	Memoirs of Annie Elizabeth Sharpe
1982	The Westminster Confession in the Church Today
1975, Barth, Karl	Church Dogmatics I/1, The Doctrine of the Word of God, Part I
2016, Scandrett, Joel	Christ Clothed with His Gospel
2011, Scandrett, Joel, Snyder, Howard A.	Salvation Means Creation Healed
1643, Walaeus, Antonius	Opera omnia
1848, M'Crie, Thomas, the Younger, Miller, Hugh, Anderson, James, Fleming, John, Balfour, J. H.	The Bass Rock
1996, Torrance, Thomas F.	The Christian Doctrine of God
1938, Barth, Karl	The Knowledge of God and the Service of God
1965, Torrance, Thomas F.	Theology in Reconstruction
1958, Torrance, Thomas F.	Relations Between Presbyterian and Anglican Churches
2011, Munchin, David	Is Theology a Science?
1933, Macmurray, John	Interpreting the Universe
1936, Macmurray, John	Interpreting the Universe

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