Chronological Book List

Direct links to 1st eds (excluding articles)

Books are by Thomas F. Torrance (TFT) unless otherwise noted. The bibliographies also include publications of his brothers, James B. Torrance (JBT) and David W. Torrance (DWT), along with select studies. Find book pages, click through to chapter records and later editions.

  1. Thomas F. Torrance
    1. Thomas F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Jesus Christ (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2002; 1938-1939); #2002-TFT-1
    2. Thomas F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1948; orig. 1946); #1948-017
    3. Thomas F. Torrance, Calvin's Doctrine of Man (London: Lutterworth Press, 1949); #1949-022
    4. Thomas F. Torrance, Royal Priesthood, Scottish Journal of Theology Occasional Papers, no. 3 (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1955); #1955-081
    5. Thomas F. Torrance, Kingdom and Church: A Study in the Theology of the Reformation (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1956); #1956-089
    6. Thomas F. Torrance, When Christ Comes and Comes Again (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957); #1957-109
    7. Robert Bruce, The Mystery of the Lord's Supper: Sermons on the Sacrament Preached in the Kirk of Edinburgh in A.D. 1589 by Robert Bruce, ed. and trans. Thomas F. Torrance (London: James Clarke, 1958); #1958-121
    8. Thomas F. Torrance, The Apocalypse Today (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1959); #1959-138
    9. Thomas F. Torrance, Conflict and Agreement in the Church, I: Order and Disorder (London: Lutterworth Press, 1959); #1959-139
    10. Thomas F. Torrance, Conflict and Agreement in the Church, II: The Ministry and the Sacraments of the Gospel (London: Lutterworth Press, 1960); #1960-155
    11. Thomas F. Torrance and John Heron, The Biblical Doctrine of Baptism: A Study Document issued by the Special Commission on Baptism of the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press, 1960); #1960-TFT-1
    12. Thomas F. Torrance, ed. and trans., The School of Faith: The Catechisms of the Reformed Church (London: The Camelot Press; New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959); #1959-140
    13. Thomas F. Torrance, Karl Barth: An Introduction to His Early Theology, 1910-1931 (London: SCM Press; New York: Harper & Row, 1962); #1962-177
    14. Thomas F. Torrance, Theology in Reconstruction (London: SCM Press, 1965); #1965-223
    15. Thomas F. Torrance, Theological Science (London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1969); #1969-263
    16. Thomas F. Torrance, Space, Time and Incarnation (Oxford, London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1969); #1969-262
    17. Thomas F. Torrance, God and Rationality (London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1971); #1971-290
    18. Thomas F. Torrance, Theology in Reconciliation: Essays towards Evangelical and Catholic Unity in East and West (London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1975); #1975-322
    19. Thomas F. Torrance, Space, Time and Resurrection (Edinburgh: Handsel Press, 1976); #1976-331
    20. Thomas F. Torrance, The Ground and Grammar of Theology (Charlottesville, Virginia: The University of Virginia Press, 1980); #1980-369
    21. Thomas F. Torrance, ed., Belief in Science and in Christian Life: The Relevance of Michael Polanyi's Thought for Christian Faith and Life (Edinburgh: Handsel Press, 1980); #1980-370
    22. Thomas F. Torrance, Christian Theology and Scientific Culture, Theology and Scientific Culture, no. 1, ed. Thomas F. Torrance (Belfast, Dublin, Ottawa: Christian Journals, 1980); #1980-368
    23. Thomas F. Torrance, ed., The Incarnation: Ecumenical Studies in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed A.D. 381 (Edinburgh: Handsel Press, 1981); #1981-386
    24. Thomas F. Torrance, Divine and Contingent Order (Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1981); #1981-385
    25. Thomas F. Torrance, Juridical Law and Physical Law: Toward a Realist Foundation for Human Law (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1982); #1982-396
    26. Thomas F. Torrance, Reality and Evangelical Theology (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1982); #1982-397
    27. Thomas F. Torrance, ed., James Clerk Maxwell, The Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field; #1982-399
    28. Thomas F. Torrance, Transformation and Convergence in the Frame of Knowledge: Explorations in the Interrelations of Scientific and Theological Enterprise (Belfast: Christian Journals, 1984); #1984-433
    29. Thomas F. Torrance, Reality and Scientific Theology, Theology and Science at the Frontiers of Knowledge, no. 1, ed. Thomas F. Torrance (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1985); #1985-450
    30. Thomas F. Torrance, The Trinitarian Faith: The Evangelical Theology of the Ancient Catholic Church (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1988); #1988-489
    31. Thomas F. Torrance, The Hermeneutics of John Calvin, Monograph Supplements to Scottish Journal of Theology, ed. A. I. C. Heron and Iain R. Torrance (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1988); #1988-488
    32. Thomas F. Torrance, The Christian Frame of Mind: Reason, Order, and Openness in Theology and Natural Science, 2d ed. (Colorado Springs, Colorado: Helmers & Howard, 1989); #1989-505
    33. Thomas F. Torrance, Karl Barth: Biblical and Evangelical Theologian (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1990); #1990-517
    34. Thomas F. Torrance, The Mediation of Christ: Evangelical Theology and Scientific Culture, 2d ed. (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1992); #1992-542
    35. Thomas F. Torrance, Preaching Christ Today: The Gospel and Scientific Thinking (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1994); #1994-571
    36. Thomas F. Torrance, Trinitarian Perspectives: Toward Doctrinal Agreement (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1994); #1994-573
    37. Thomas F. Torrance, Divine Meaning: Studies in Patristic Hermeneutics (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1995); #1995-588
    38. Thomas F. Torrance, The Christian Doctrine of God: One Being, Three Persons (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996); #1996-595
    39. Thomas F. Torrance, Scottish Theology: From John Knox to John McLeod Campbell (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996); #1996-598
    40. Thomas F. Torrance, Theological and Natural Science (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2002); #2002-TFT-3
    41. Thomas F. Torrance, Incarnation: The Person and Life of Christ, ed. Robert T. Walker (Milton Keynes: Paternoster; Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2008); #2008-TFT-1
    42. Thomas F. Torrance, Atonement: The Person and Work of Christ, ed. Robert T. Walker (Milton Keynes: Paternoster; Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2009); #2009-TFT-1
    43. Thomas F. Torrance, Divine Interpretation: Studies in Medieval and Modern Hermeneutics, ed. Adam Nigh and Todd Speidell (Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, 2017); #2017-TFT-1.
    44. Thomas F. Torrance, Select Works of Thomas F. Torrance (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock; Bellingham, Washington: Faithlife Corporation, Logos Bible Software, 2018); #2018-TFT-1-logos.
    45. Thomas Torrance, China's First Missionaries, 'Ancient Israelites,' ed. Thomas F. Torrance (Chicago: Daniel Shaw Co., 1988); #1988-490.
    46. John Calvin, Calvin's New Testament Commentaries, ed. Thomas F. Torrance and David W. Torrance (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1959-1965; Edinburgh: The St. Andrew Press, 1972; Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1959-1972), 12 vols.; #1960-TFT-DWT-1.
    47. Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics, ed. Thomas F. Torrance and Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1956-1975), 13 vols.; #1956-TFT-3.
    48. TFT bibliography
  2. James B. Torrance
    1. James B. Torrance, Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace (Carlisle, UK: Paternoster, 1996); #1996-JBT-6 (UK) and #1996-JBT-7 (USA).
    2. JBT bibliography
  3. David W. Torrance
    1. David W. Torrance. The Reluctant Minister, #2015-DWT-2.
    2. John Calvin, Calvin's New Testament Commentaries, ed. Thomas F. Torrance and David W. Torrance (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1959-1965; Edinburgh: The St. Andrew Press, 1972; Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1959-1972), 12 vols.; #1959-TFT-DWT-1.
    3. David W. Torrance, ed., The Witness of the Jews to God (Edinburgh: Handsel Press, 1982); #1982-DWT-1.
    4. David W. Torrance, ed., God, Family and Sexuality (Carberry: Handsel Press, 1997); #1997-DWT-1.
    5. David W. Torrance and George Taylor, Israel, God's Servant: God's Key to the Redemption of the World (Edinburgh: Handsel Press; London: Paternoster, 2007); #2007-DWT-2.
    6. David W. Torrance and Jock Stein, eds., Embracing Truth: Homosexuality and the Word of God (Kincardine: Handsel Press, 2012); #2012-DWT-1.
    7. DWT bibliography

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Start here: Introductions

Thomas F. Torrance (TFT)

  1. Biographical essay; by Elmer Colyer, from How to Read T. F. Torrance: Understanding His Trinitarian & Scientific Theology (Downer’s Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2001), #2001-EMC-1.
  2. Readers Guide, bibliographical essay by Elmer Colyer.
  3. Thomas A. Noble, "T. F. Torrance on the Centenary of his Birth: A Biographical and Theological Synopsis with Personal Reminiscences," Participatio 4, "T. F. Torrance and Eastern Orthodoxy" (2013): 8-29; #2013-TAN-3.
  4. Thomas F. Torrance, James B. Torrance, David W. Torrance, A Passion for Christ: The Vision that Ignites Ministry, ed. Jock Stein and Gerrit Scott Dawson (Edinburgh: Handsel Press; Lenoir: PLC Publications, 1999); #1999-PFC-1.
  5. Participatio 1, "The Theological Significance and Legacy of Thomas F. Torrance" (2009).
  6. Paul D. Molnar and Myk Habets, eds., T&T Clark Handbook of Thomas F. Torrance (London, New York: T&T Clark, 2020); #2020-pdm-mh-1.
  7. Bruce Ritchie, T. F. Torrance in Recollection and Reappraisal (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2021); #2021-br-1.
  8. Alister E. McGrath, T. F. Torrance: An Intellectual Biography (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1999); #1999-AEM-1, #1999-AEM-1.
  9. Myk Habets, Theology in Transposition: A Constructive Appraisal of T. F. Torrance (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press, 2013); #2013-mh-1.
  10. Gerrit Scott Dawson, ed., An Introduction to Torrance Theology: Discovering the Incarnate Saviour (London, New York: T&T Clark, 2007), #2007-GSD-1.
  11. Elmer Colyer, The Promise of Trinitarian Theology: Theologians in Dialogue with T. F. Torrance, #2001-EMC-2.
  12. Other issues of Participatio.
  13. Sources Bibliography Quick Start. Explanation of how the bibliographies work, the McGrath numbers, etc.

James B. Torrance (JBT)

David W. Torrance (DWT)

  • "Not My Will, But Yours"; #2011-DWT-4. (How God led him into ministry; You're Included video.)

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