Marty Folsom's T. F. Torrance Reading Group

Marty Folsom's T. F. Torrance Reading Group meets via Zoom every Thursday, at 1 pm Pacific. All times below are US Pacific time (convert to your time using this World Clock). Topics are announced at Facebook. Access the meeting by joining the Facebook group. Or log in with a member account here, and a Zoom link will appear in the left sidebar. Interviews are conducted by Marty unless noted otherwise. The Reading Group is supported by the T. F. T. Fellowship although not an official Fellowship event.

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Archived meetings

Fall 2020 (T&T Clark Handbook of Thomas F. Torrance)
Spring 2021

Summer 2021

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"
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
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
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
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
- Graham Redding, The Significance of the Priesthood of Christ For a Theology of Prayer in the Reformed Tradition, with Reference to T. F. and J. B. Torrance, and the Eucharistic Tradition of the Church of Scotland (PhD Dissertation)
- https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/2935302/300664.pdf
- Discussion with Marty Folsom. Video.
September 5, 2024
- Ted Johnston
  - T. F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers, Chapter 7 - The Second Epistle of Clement
September 12, 2024
September 19, 2024
September 27, 2024
October 3, 2024
- T. F. Torrance, Theological Science, Preface, pp. vii-xx
October 10, 2024
- Marc Cortez, "A Complexity Relational Account of Imago Dei in Torrance's Vision of Humanity," in Thomas F. Torrance and Evangelical Theology, A Critical Analysis (Bellingham, Washington: Lexham, 2023), 133-55. Discussion with Marty Folsom, Video.
October 17, 2024 Theological Science Chapter 1 The Knowledge of God
- § 1 Some Introductory Questions pp. 1-24
October 24, 2024
October 31, 2024 Theological Science Chapter 1
- § 2 Its Actuality, Objectivity, and Possibility pp. 25-54
November 7
November 14
- TS, Chapter 2 The Interaction of Theology with Scientific Development
  § 1 Change in the Doctrine of God pp. 59-64
November 21 AAR
November 28 THANKSGIVING
December 5 - § 2 The Distinction between Grace and Nature pp. 65-74
December 12
December 19 - § 3 Scientific Objectivity pp. 75-84
December 26

January 2, 2025 -§ 4 The Place of the Human Subject in Knowledge pp. 85-105
January 9
January 16 - TS, Chapter 3 The Nature of Scientific Activity
- § 1 General and Special Science pp. 107-115
January 23

January 30 - § 2 Theology and General Scientific Method pp. 116-130
February 6
February 13 § 3 The Scientific Requirements of Theology pp. 131-140
February 20
February 27 - TS, Chapter 4 The Nature of Truth
- § 1 The Truth of God TRAVIS STEVICK pp. 141-160
March 6
March 13 - § 2 The Truthfulness of Theological Statements
- Existence-statements and Coherence-Statements -TRAVIS pp. 161-72
March 22 - Theological Statements: Their Nature and Justification -
- TRAVIS pp. 173-202
April 3
April 10 - TS, Chapter 5 Problems of Logic
- § 1 The Logic of God PAUL MOLNAR pp. 205-221
April 17
April 26 § 2 The Logic of Man
- The Logic of Existence-statements pp. 226-45
May 1
May 8 The Logic of Coherence-statements pp. 246-262
May 15 MARTY VACATION
May 22 MARTY VACATION
May 29 Marty Vacation
June 5 Logical Formalizations in Theological Thinking pp. 263-80
June 12
June 19 - TS, Chapter 6 Theological Science Among the Special Sciences 1 Similarities and Differences between Theology and the Other Sciences

Similarities – KERRY MAGRUDER pp. 286-294

July 3 - Differences – KERRY MAGRUDER pp. 296-311
July 10
July 17 - § 2 The Relevance of Historical Science pp. 312-336
July 24
July 31 - § 3 Theology as Dogmatic Science pp. 337-352

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Archived meetings

Spring 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.

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.

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