Alan Torrance

Alan Torrance is professor of systematic theology at St Mary's College of the University of St Andrews. Previously he lectured at King's College London from 1993-1998, where he was also Director of the Research Institute in Systematic Theology. He previously lectured at Knox Theological Hall and the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

He is part of the Torrance family of Scottish Theologians. His uncle was the famous theologian Thomas F. Torrance, former Professor of Systematic Theology at New College, Edinburgh, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1976. His Father, J.B. Torrance was professor at Aberdeen and wrote the influential *"Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace"*, His cousin is Iain Torrance, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, and another former Moderator of the General Assembly. His cousin Iain's uncle, Ronald Wallace, was Professor of Biblical Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary.

His teaching interests are primarily in the areas of philosophical and systematic theology, theological anthropology, person and work of Christ and theological ethics. He researches actively in the fields of Christology, the social implications of the doctrine of reconciliation, theological epistemology and theories of time. He is widely published and respected in his field.

Publications

His publications include

*"Christ and Context" T&T Clark, 1993.
*"Persons in Communion: an Essay on Trinitarian Description and Human Participation" T&T Clark, 1996.
*"The Doctrine of God and Theological Ethics", ed. A. J. Torrance & M. Banner, T&T Clark/Continuum, 2006.
*'Towards Inclusive Ministry: The Logical Impossibility of Religious and Theological Inclusivism, Pluralism and Relativism', in "The Call To Serve: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Ministry in Honour of Bishop Penny Jamieson", ed. Douglas Campbell, Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.
*'Theology and "Political Correctness', in "Studies in Harmful Religion" ed. Andrew Walker, S.P.C.K. 1997.
*'Creatio ex nihilo and the Spatio-Temporal Dimensions, with special reference to Jurgen Moltmann and D. C. Williams', in "The Doctrine of Creation", ed. Colin Gunton, T&T Clark, 1997.
*'The Trinity' in "The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth", ed. John Webster, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
*'On Determining Whether Homosexuality Is To Be Endorsed Theologically', in "More than a single issue", eds. M. Rae & G. Redding, Australian Theological Forum, 2000
*'Jesus in Christian Doctrine' in "The Cambridge Companion to Jesus", ed. M. Bockmuehl, CUP, 2001.
*'Justification' in "Oxford Companion of Christian Thought", Oxford University Press.
*'God, Personhood and Particularity: On Whether There Is, or Should Be, a Distinctive Male Theological Perspective', in "Gospel and Gender", ed. Douglas Campbell, T&T Clark, 2003.
*'"Call No Man Father!": The Trinity, Patriarchy and God-Talk', in "Gospel and Gender", ed. Douglas Campbell, T&T Clark, 2003.

External links

* [http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/torr1.html Torrance's University staff homepage]