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Incarnation and Physics: Natural Science in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance (Aar Academy Series)
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Item Description...
Thomas F. Torrance is the most prominent theologian to have taken seriously the challenge posed to theology by the natural sciences. His model for interaction between the two disciplines is based on the theological heart of the Church: the Incarnation. Luoma here offers a thorough overview and critique of Torrance's insights into the theology-science dialogue. |
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Pages 240
Dimensions: Length: 9.2" Width: 6.1" Height: 0.79"
Weight: 1.09 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Publisher An American Academy of Religion Book
ISBN 0195151895
EAN 9780195151893
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 | Just Quite Misses the Mark Oct 29, 2005 |
This book is a careful reading of Torrance's theology and interaction with natural science. Luoma has read Torrance closely, interacts with Torrance's thought, but doesn't quite catch the vision that Torrance articulates in his work. To be fair to Torrance, it has taken him a life time of work to get to where he is now, and Luoma has not taken enough time to "indwell" Torrance's thought. One or two years of study and reading are, in my opinion, not enough to fully understand a writer of Torrance's depth.
There are two ways to criticize a writer: (1.) from without, using a foreign frame of reference, and (2.) from within, using the coherence or lack of coherence within an author's argument to point out weaknessness of thought and vision. I leave it to the reader of Luoma's book to decide which direction he takes and if he has or has not stacked his deck in his critique of Torrance. After reading the book twice, I'm convinced that some of the arguments Luoma makes are valid, but my response is still the same. He does not catch Torrance's total vision, and I do not think he finally understands where Torrance is arguing from, nor does he offer a programmatic response -- counterproposing an alternate vision.
Criticism of an author is merely the beginning--is it not? As an introduction to the large and difficult themes of the interaction of theology and natural science in Torrance's thought, this is, however, a helpful and well written book. One will learn a great deal from spending time thinking about what Luoma has offered here. Luoma is to be commended for seeking to understand the thought of arguably the greatest English speaking theologian of the last 50 years. More theologians should follow his example. | | | | Without John Philoponus? Jul 25, 2003 |
| This analysis of the thought of Thomas F. Torrance notes without enough depth the points the Master Theologian makes in his efforts to articulate the relationship between Theological and Natural Science. One could refer to Torrance's title "Theological and Natural Science" where John Philoponos is a very vital epistemological base for grasping what Torrance is after as he champions the nature of 'contingency' with us, theologians and scientists. How can one write about his thought here without mentioning Torrance's relationship to Philoponos? | | | Write your own review about Incarnation and Physics: Natural Science in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance (Aar Academy Series)
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