Thomas F. Torrance

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Paul Molnar is known for detailed and fair-minded reading of text by which he has established his reputation as one of the leading interpreters of Karl Barth. This volume on my father's theology exemplifies those practices of faithful reading. I believe Paul Molnar is profoundly right in identifying my father's understanding of the Trinity as the proper point of entry to his theology as a whole. My father's perception of the inner relations between the doctrine of God, of creation and the incarnation flow from this. The volume is meticulous, thorough and always clear. I thoroughly recommend it. Paul Molnar knew my father personally, talked to him, questioned him and understood him well. Iain Torrance, President of Princeton Theological Seminary and younger son of Thomas F Torrance Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of international interest in the theology of T. F. Torrance. In this landmark study, Paul Molnar offers a clear, comprehensive and perceptive account of his exposition of the trinitarian shape of the Christian faith. Providing a valuable and necessary point of reference, it deserves to be widely read by all students of Torrance's work. David Fergusson, Professor of Divinity and Principal of New College, University of Edinburgh The time is ripe for an appreciation of Torrance's constructive work as a Christian dogmatician, and Molnar's book offers its readers just that. Thoroughly informed, written with clarity and characteristic zest, and alert to Torrance's capacity to interrogate contemporary theological convention, this is a book which serves its subject well. Professor John Webster, King's College, Aberdeen No theologian in the second half of the twentieth century made a greater contribution to Nicene Christianity than T. F. Torrance. His writings will continue to be read for years to come, long after the work of some of his more illustrious contemporaries has faded away. Now Paul Molnar has produced a profound, detailed and compreh