Background
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth was born on August 30, 1913 in Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples Republic of China. Son of Thomas and Annie Elizabeth (Sharp) Torrance.
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth was born on August 30, 1913 in Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples Republic of China. Son of Thomas and Annie Elizabeth (Sharp) Torrance.
Master of Arts, Edinburgh (Scotland) University, 1934. Bachelor's Degree, Edinburgh (Scotland) University, 1937. Doctor of Theology, Basel (Switzerland) University, 1946.
Doctor of Letters, Edinburgh University, 1970. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Presbyterian College, Montreal. Doctor of Theology (honorary), University Geneva, 1959.
Doctor of Theology (honorary), Faculté Libre, Paris, 1959. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), St. Andrews, 1960. Doctor of Theology, Debreccen, 1988.
Assistant professor theology, Auburn (New York) U., 1938-1939;
parish minister, Alyth, 1940-1947;
parish minister, Beechgrove, Aberdeen., Scotland, 1947-1950;
professor church history, U. Edinburgh, 1950-1952;
professor Christian dogmatics, U. Edinburgh, 1952-1979;
moderator, Church of Scotland, 1976-1977. President Académie Internationale des Sciences Religieuses, Brussels. Member Adadémie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences, Brussels, 1977-1986.
Founding member Kuratorium, Europäische Akademie fur Umweltfragen, since 1980.
Church of Scotland chaplain, World War II, 1943-1944. Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh, British Academy. Member Scottish Church Theology Society (founder), Society for Study of Theology (founder), The New Club (Edinburgh).
Married Margaret Edith Spear, October 2, 1946. Children: Thomas Spear, Iain Richard, Alison Meta Elizabeth.