Torrance family

The Torrance family includes several prominent modern Scottish theologians and clergymen, primarily associated with the Church of Scotland.

The patriarch of the Torrance family of theologians is Thomas Torrance (1871–1959), a Scottish missionary to China. He was the father of Mary, Thomas F., Grace, Margaret, James, and David.

The first generation after Thomas Torrance include:

• Thomas Forsyth (T. F.) Torrance (1913–2007) – Late Church of Scotland minister and influential theologian who was Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh.
• James (J. B.) Torrance (1923–2003) – Late Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen. Younger brother of Thomas Torrance.
• David W. Torrance (born 1924) – Church of Scotland minister and youngest son of the Torrance family.
• Ronald Wallace (1911–2006) – Late Professor of Biblical Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary. He was married to Mary. His son-in-law, George Newlands, was also an academic theologian.
• Kenneth Mackenzie (1920 - 1971), missionary in Central Africa with his wife, Margaret Torrance.

Well-known second generation theologians of the Torrance family include:

• Iain Richard Torrance (born 1949) – President and Professor of Patristics Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary and a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Son of Thomas F. Torrance.
• Alan Torrance (born 1956) – Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology at St Mary's College, the University of St Andrews. Son of James Torrance.

Theologically active members of the Torrance family's third generation are:

• Andrew Torrance - Professor of Theology and co-founder (with his father, Alan) of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St Andrews.

• David Torrance - Missionary with the Church Mission Society serving in Tanzania as a theological educator. Son of Alan Torrance.

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