Marty Folsom's T. F. Torrance Reading Group

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Reading Group Archive, 2024

Spring 2024

  • January 4, 2024
    • T. F. Torrance, Ground and Grammar of Theology (#1980-369), ch. 5 – Theological Science; #1980-369f
    • Travis Stevick discusses this chapter with Marty Folsom. Video.
  • January 11, 2024
    • Paul Louis Metzger, More than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP, 2023. Discussion with Marty Folsom. Video. 
  • January 18, 2024 OFFICE HOURS
    • January 25, 2024
      • T. F. Torrance, Ground and Grammar of Theology (#1980-369), ch. 4 – The Transformation of Natural Theology; #1980-369e
      • Kerry Magruder discusses this chapter with Marty Folsom. Video.
    • February 1, 2024
      • T. F. Torrance, Ground and Grammar of Theology (#1980-369), ch. 6 – The Basic Grammar of Theology; #1980-369g
      • Paul Molnar discusses this chapter with Marty Folsom. Video.
    • February 8, 2024 
      • John Miller, "The Legacy of Professor Thomas F. Torrance," Theology in Scotland (2014) 21:2, 85-97. Discussion with Marty Folsom. Video.
    • February 15, 2024
      • Marty Folsom 
        • Series Theology & Scientific Culture  VOLUME 1
          • 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, Video.
    • February 22, 2024 - 
      • Jason Radcliff 
        • T. F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers, Introduction, pp. 1-35. Video
    • February 29, 2024 HIDDEN TREASURES
      • Alan Torrance's, "The Self-Relation, Narcissism and the Gospel of Grace," SJT (1987), pp. 481-510. Discussion with Marty Folsom. Video.
    • March 7, 2024 
      • Bryden Black
        • T. F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers, Chapter 1 - The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles. Video.
    • March 14, 2024 
      • W. Ross Hastings, "Theology and Science in Torrance" in Thomas F. Torrance and Evangelical Theology, A Critical Analysis (Bellingham, Washington: Lexham, 2023), 111-132, plus discussion of his upcoming book, God and Molecules: Chemical Evolution and Divine Providence.” Discussion with Marty Folsom, Video.
    • March 21, 2024
      • Chris Woznicki, "Torrance and Atonement,"  in Thomas F. Torrance and Evangelical Theology, A Critical Analysis (Bellingham, Washington: Lexham, 2023), 179-203. Discussion with Marty Folsom, Video.
    • March 28, 2024
      • Marty Folsom 
        • Series Theology & Scientific Culture VOLUME 2
          • Harold B. Nibelsick, Theology and Science in Mutual Modification, ed. Thomas F. Torrance (Belfast, Dublin, Ottawa: Christian Journals, 1980); #1981-387, Video.
    • April 4, 2024
      • Ken Ross 
        • T. F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers, Chapter 2 - The First Epistle of Clement. Video.
    • April 11, 2024 Marty in Rome
    • April 18, 2024 Marty in Italy
    • April 25, 2025 Marty in Greece
    • May 2 2024 Marty in Greece
    • May 9, 2024 - Series Theology & Scientific Culture VOLUIME 3
      • Travis Stevick
        • Ian Paul, Science, Theology and Einstein, ed. Thomas F. Torrance (Belfast, Dublin, Ottawa: Christian Journals, 1980); #1982-400.Video.
    • May 16, 2024
      • Jerome Van Kuiken
        • T. F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers, Chapter 3 - The Epistles of Ignatius. Video.
    • May 23, 2024

      • Jeremy S. Begbie, “Incarnation, Creation, and New Creation: T. F. Torrance and a Theological Re-Visioning of the Arts,” Participatio 11 (2023), Discussion with Marty Folsom. Video.

    • ​​​May 30, 2024

      • James B. Torrance, "Covenant or Contract?: A Study of the Theological Background of Worship in Seventeenth-Century Scotland," Scottish Journal of Theology 23 (1970): 51-76. Discussion with Marty Folsom. Video.

    • June 6, 2024
      • Geordie Zeigler 
        • T. F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers, Chapter 4 - The Epistle of Polycarp. Video. 
    • June 13, 2024 Series Theology & Scientific Culture VOLUME 4

      • John B. Carnes,  Axiomatics and Dogmatics, ed. Thomas F. Torrance (Belfast, Dublin, Ottawa: Christian Journals, 1980); #1982-398, discussion with Marty Folsom. Video.

    • June 20, 2024
      •  Bryden Black, discussion "The "divine freedom reconsidered, the "divine freedom" reconfigured" Video
    • June 27, 2024 
      • Alan Torrance's chapter in the inaugural LA Theology Conference volume on Christology "The Continuing Priesthood of Christ: Implications and Challenges"
      • Video of lecture 
      • Printed form, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (67.1 [March 2024])
        Discussion with Marty Folsom. Video. 
    • July 4, 2024  - No session Fourth of July USA
    • July 11, 2024
      • Bill Ford 
        • T. F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers, Chapter 5 - The Epistle of Barnabas Video
    • July 18, 2024 Series Theology & Scientific Culture VOLUME 5
      • Peter E. Hodgson, Our Nuclear Future?  ed. Thomas F. Torrance (Belfast, Dublin, Ottawa: Christian Journals, 1980); #1983-419 Video
    • July 25, 2024
      • Marty Camping in Canada! No meeting 
         
    • August 1, 2024
      • Tom Noble
        • T. F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers, Chapter 6 - The Shepherd of Hermas. Video.
    • August 8, 2024 
      • Discussion led by Matthew Young.

        • George Hunsinger,  “The Dimension of Depth: Thomas F. Torrance and the Sacraments," in The Promise of Trinitarian Theology: Theologians in Dialogue with T. F. Torrance. Video.

    • August 15, 2024 - George Hunsinger will join us as he was unable to last week due to power outage!  Video
    • August 22, 2024 WE WILL MEET EARLIER TO ACCOMADATE ANDREW @ 11:00 am PST
      • Andrew Torrance (and Alan Torrance), Beyond Immanence: The Theological Method of Kierkegaard and Barth (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2023), Video. 
    • August 29, 2024
    • September 5, 2024
      • Marty Folsom
        • T. F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers, Chapter 7 - The Second Epistle of Clement . Video.
    • September 12, 2024
      • The Forgotten Trinity, with sections by J. B. Torrance
      • Discussion with Marty Folsom. Video.
    • September 19, 2024 
      • Discussion on Ascension and Resurrection 
        • Recovering the Ascension For the Transformation of the Church By Gerrit Scott Dawson
        • THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST: ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE THEOLOGY OF T. F. TORRANCE,  by David Fergusson, Video. 
    • September 27, 2024 - Marty on Anniversary trip to Hawaii! NO MEETING 
    • October 3, 2024
      • TRAVIS STEVICK AND Marty Folsom
      • T. F. Torrance, Theological Science, Preface, pp. vii-xx Video.
    • October 10, 2024
      • Thomas F. Torrance, "Where is God?" appears in the 1936 volume Asking Them Questions, edited by R.S. Wright. Video.
    • October 17, 2024 
      • Travis Stevick
        • Theological Science Chapter 1             The Knowledge of God   
          •     § 1 Some Introductory Questions            pp.  1-24    Video.                                                                                 
    • October 24, 2024 

      • Simon Russell-Brown
        "Repentance in T. F. Torrance’s Scientific Theology: A study of the inner logic of his theological method and its origins" PhD Thesis, Video. 

    • October 31, 2024  TOM NOBLE 
      • Theological Science Chapter 1   
        • § 2 Its Actuality, Objectivity, and Possibility        pp. 25-54         Video. 
    •  November 7 

      • HIDDEN TREASURES  - T. F. Torrance, "Faith and Philosophy," in The Hibbert Journal (1949) Discussion with Marty Folsom, video. 

    • November 14    JEROME VAN KUIKEN

      • Theological Science, Chapter 2  The Interaction of Theology with Scientific Development,  § 1 Change in the Doctrine of God    pp.  59-64            Video.      

    • November 21 AAR

    • November 28 THANKSGIVING 

    • December 5  -    GARY DEDDO 

      • Theological Science § 2 The Distinction between Grace and Nature,    pp.  65-74. Video.

    • December 12  - Stan Maclean, "The problem of history in Thomas Torrance and Bernard Lonergan" Scottish Journal of Theology (2024), 1–14. Video.

    • December 19 -
      • GEORDIE ZIEGLER

        • Theological Science, Chapter 2  The Interaction of Theology with Scientific Development,§ 3 Scientific Objectivity          pp. 75-84    Video.

    • December 26    Caroline G. Seed, Daniel Lioy, Rikus Fick, "Thomas F. Torrance: Theology and mission in practice" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309277309_Thomas_F_Torrance_Th…. https://youtu.be/AR4AYWHRaMM. 

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