Incarnation: The Person and Life of Christ

by Thomas Torrance

Year 2008
Type Book
Genre christology
Tradition Reformed
Original language English

For For theology students and serious readers wanting his Christology whole; the most readable route into his teaching.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 3 of 5 worth your time
For the researcher: 5 of 5 essential
Difficulty: 4 of 5 hard

His Edinburgh lectures on the person of Christ: incarnation, the union of God and man in Jesus, the hypostatic union.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 3 of 5
Scriptural 4 of 5
Experiential 2 of 5
Sociological 0 of 5
Historical 3 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

The first of two volumes of Torrance's lectures on Christology to students in Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh, from 1952 to 1978, edited by his nephew Robert T. Walker and published after his death by Paternoster and IVP Academic in 2008. The publisher calls it the fullest presentation of his understanding of the incarnation ever published. Its chapters are an introduction to Christology, the incarnation, the once-for-all union of God and man, the continuous union in the life of Jesus, the mystery of Christ, the hypostatic union, and the kingdom of Christ and evil, with an addendum on eschatology. The companion volume is Atonement (2009).

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