Marty Folsom's T. F. Torrance Reading Group

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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

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" 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
      • 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

    • December 12 

      • 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.

    • December 19 -  § 3 Scientific Objectivity          pp. 75-84     

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    • December 26    Caroline G. Seed, Daniel Lioy, Rikus Fick

     

    • January 2, 2025 -
      • § 4 The Place of the Human Subject in Knowledge   pp.  85-105
    • January 9
    • January 16 -     
      • Theological Science, Chapter 3       The Nature of Scientific Activity  
        • § 1 General and Special Science          pp.   107-115          
    • January 23
    • January 30 -        
      • Theological Science, § 2 Theology and General Scientific Method      pp.   116-130          
    • February 6
    • February 13      
      • Theological Science, § 3 The Scientific Requirements of Theology      pp. 131-140                                                                                        
    • February 20
    • February 27 -     
      • TRAVIS STEVICK 
      • Theological Science, Chapter 4      The Nature of Truth§ 1 The Truth of God                                                    pp. 141-160      
    • March 6    
    • March 13 -
      •  TRAVIS STEVICK                
      • Theological Science § 2 The Truthfulness of Theological Statements    
        • Existence-statements and Coherence-Statements           pp.  161-72          
    • March 22 -    
      • TRAVIS STEVICK
      • Theological Science, Theological Statements: Their Nature and Justification -   pp.  173-202     
    • April 3
    • April 10 - 
      • PAUL MOLNAR
      • Theological Science,  Chapter 5       Problems of Logic    
        • § 1 The Logic of God                      pp.  205-221      
    • April 17                           
    • April 26   
      • Theological Science § 2 The Logic of Man                      
        •      The Logic of Existence-statements                                          pp.  226-45     
    • May 1
    • May 8          
      • Theological Science, The Logic of Coherence-statements                                          pp. 246-262   
    • May 15 MARTY VACATION SCANDANAVIA
    • May 22 MARTY VACATION
    • May 29 MARTY VACATION 
    •  June 5     
      • Theological Science, Logical Formalizations in Theological Thinking                 pp. 263-80    
    • June 12           
    • June 19 - 
      • KERRY MAGRUDER 
        • Theological Science, Chapter 6       Theological Science Among the Special Sciences                                             1 Similarities and Differences between Theology and the Other Sciences,   Similarities –             pp.  286-294            
    • July 3 -           
      • KERRY MAGRUDER
      • Theological Science, Differences –           pp.   296-311  
    • July 10
    • July 17 -               
      • Theological Science§ 2 The Relevance of Historical Science               pp.   312-336 
    • July 24
    • July 31 -             
      • JEROME VAN KUIKEN 
      • Theological Science§ 3 Theology as Dogmatic Science          pp.  337-352          

     

     

     

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