Belief in Science and in Christian Life: The Relevance of Michael Polanyi’s Thought for Christian Faith and Life
Overview
This focused collection consists of the lectures from a conference held in 1978 at St. Catharine’s, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor. Torrance’s stated intentions are to revisit Christian convictions in light of scientific progress and to reference the writing of Michael Polanyi, “one of the greatest scientist-philosophers of our age.” This work is written for a wide popular audience and in an accessible style, making technical minutia clear and bringing lofty concepts within reach.
- Title: Belief in Science and in Christian Life: The Relevance of Michael Polanyi’s Thought for Christian Faith and Life
- Author: Thomas F. Torrance
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 1998
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976; Religion and science
- ISBNs: 9781579101312, 1579101313
- Resource ID: LLS:BLFSCNCCHRSTNLF
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:15:50Z
Thomas F. Torrance (August 30,1913–December 2, 2007) was a Protestant Christian theologian and professor of Christian dogmatics for 27 years at the University of Edinburgh. Torrance was influential in the dialogue between science and theology.
He began studying in Edinburgh in 1931, focusing on classics and philosophy. At that time his own realist views of philosophy, theology, and morality started to develop, and they continued to do so as he moved to the study of theology at the Faculty of Divinity in 1934. From 1939 to 1940 Torrance studied at Oriel College, Oxford. He was ordained as minister on March 20, 1940.
He has authored several works, including Divine and Contingent Order, Ground and Grammar of Theology, and The Christian Doctrine of God, One Being Three Persons. Besides writing many books and articles, Torrance also translated several hundred theological writings into English from other languages, including the thirteen-volume, six-million-word Church Dogmatics of the Swiss theologian Karl Barth (co-edited with G.W. Bromiley).