Editor's Introduction

According to its mission statement, the T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship (TFTTF) exists to promote “the exploration, development, and dissemination of the theology of Thomas F. Torrance and other scholars contributing to this endeavor.” Among those “other scholars” is perennial TFTTF member and former treasurer Christian Kettler. Until his recent retirement, he served as professor of theology and religion at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He also has authored several books exploring the significance of Karl Barth’s and T. F. Torrance’s doctrine of the vicarious humanity of Christ. In honor of his retirement and his contributions to Torrance-informed scholarship, this volume of Participatio engages with his writings on Christ’s vicarious humanity and with the cognate Torrancean theme of Christ’s personalizing personhood....