T. F. Torrance Reading Group - Summer 2021

Reading Group

  • June 3, 2021 (First Thursday, primary source): 
    • Thomas F. Torrance, "The Mediation of Christ in our Human Response," ch. 4 of The Mediation of Christ#1983-418d. Audio lecture available: #1981-tft-5d.
      • Book info: #1992-542. Do not purchase the original edition (#1983-418), for an additional chapter was added to the 1992 edition. Make sure that the copy you acquire has all five chapters.
    • Marty Folsom's discussion with Steve Solari: Video.
  • June 10, 2021: Joey Sherrard, to discuss his book:
    • Joseph H. Sherrard, T. F. Torrance as Missional Theologian: The Ascended Christ and the Ministry of the Church (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2021); #2021-JHS-1.
    • Discussion with Marty Folsom: Video.
  • June 17, 2021 (Third Thursday, published author):
    • Adam Nigh, "The Depth Dimension: Scripture and Hermeneutics in the Theology of T. F. Torrance" (PhD dissertation, Aberdeen University, 2013); #2013-AN-1.
    • Discussion with Marty Folsom: Video.
  • June 24, 2021 (Fourth Thursday, work-in-progress):
    • Jeff McSwain, Movements of Grace: The Dynamic Christo-realism of Barth, Bonhoeffer, and the Torrances; #2010-JM-1. Focus on Chapter 1: "Preaching Jesus Christ as the Gospel of Grace and the Ground of Faith: A view from the Evangelical Theology of T.F. and J.B. Torrance."
    • Discussion with Marty Folsom: Video.
  • July 1, 2021 (First Thursday, primary source): 
    • Thomas F. Torrance, "The Atonement and the Holy Trinity," ch. 5 of The Mediation of Christ#1992-542a. No audio lecture available. Book info: #1992-542. Do not purchase the original edition (#1983-418), for this chapter was added to the 1992 edition.
    • Discussion with Marty Folsom and Marc Anderson: Video.
  • July 8, 2021 (Second Thursday, Participatio author): 
    • Todd Speidell and Chris Kettler. Todd and Chris both were students of T. F. Torrance, J. B. Torrance, Ray S. Anderson, and Geoffrey W. Bromiley. In this discussion with Marty, they will share their experiences with these mentors. Focus text: Chris Kettler and Todd Speidell, "Introduction" to Incarnational Ministry: The Presence of Christ in Church, Society, and Family (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 1990), pp. xiii-xvii; #1990-CDK-THS-1.
    • Discussion with Marty Folsom: Video. Note: Chris was unable to make it, unfortunately.
  • July 15, 2021 (Third Thursday, published author): Cancelled.
  • July 22, 2021 (Fourth Thursday, work-in-progress):
    • Marty Folsom, "John Macmurray's Influence on Thomas F. Torrance," Scottish Journal of Theology 71, 3 (2018): 339-358; #2018-MF-1.
    • Discussion with Kerry Magruder: Video.
  • July 29, 2021 (Fifth Thursday, guest):
    • Robert R. Redman, Jr., ch. 13 of "Reformulating Reformed Theology"; and Robb Redman, "Mackintosh, Torrance and Reformulation of Reformed Theology in Scotland," Participatio 2, "Thomas F. Torrance's Influences and Appropriations" (2010): 64-76; #2010-RR-1
    • Cf. Thomas F. Torrance, "Hugh Ross Mackintosh: Theologian of the Cross," Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 5 (1987): 160-73; #1987-485.
    • Discussion with Marty Folsom: Video.
  • July 30 - Aug 1:
  • August 5, 2021 (First Thursday, primary source):
    • Thomas F. Torrance, The Trinitarian Faith (#1988-489), Foreword (#1988-489a) and ch. 1, "Faith and Godliness" (#1988-489b).
    • Marty Folsom discusses this chapter with Geordie Ziegler: Video.
  • August 12, 2021 (special roundtable discussion): 
    • Torrance and C. S. Lewis: Jerome Van Kuiken, Roger Newell (#1983-RJN-1), Brian Miller, and Marty Folsom.
    • Discussion: video.
  • August 19, 2021 (Third Thursday, published author):
    • Office hour: 1 hour before the Reading Group
    • Benjamin Myers, “The Stratification of Knowledge in the Thought of T. F. Torrance,” Scottish Journal of Theology 61, no. 1 (2008): 1-15; #2008-BM-1.
    • Discussion with Marty Folsom: Video.
  • August 26, 2021 (Fourth Thursday, Buried Treasures):
    • Marty Folsom will engage a new option for the reading group:  BURIED TREASURES: ESSAYS, ARTICLES, AND CHAPTERS BY T. F. TORRANCE. We will begin with Torrance's 1941 pamphlet “The Modern Theological Debate” which is #1 in the McGrath bibliography; #1941-001. Discussion: Video.