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Summary: A concise defense of Christian epistemology
Review: T. F. Torrance has been an important voice in Protestant theology for over 50 years. This relatively brief book offers an accessible summary of what he takes to be theology's claims to speak truth about reality. His writing is marked by an impressive awareness of historic Christian theology combined with an equally impressive awareness of contemporary writers such as Dummett, Gadamer, and (above all) Polanyi. Anyone interested in Christian epistemology should be aware of Torrance, and this book is a fine place to start.
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Summary: Essential Reading
Review: This is a must read; Torrance cuts right to the heart of "evangelicalism" by calling the very nature of Scripture into question. To what extent do evangelicals engage in "Scripture worship?" Borrowing a philological relationship between "sign" and "thing signified," Torrance argues that evangelicals all too often may stop short of -- and indeed confine -- the ontological Reality of the One True God ("thing signified") in their defense of a positivistic understanding of the authority of the Scriptures ("sign"). That is, awareness of the reality of God in its totality may be compromised when evangelicals continue to insist on finding this reality in the Scriptures alone. There exists a Reality of God that language -- and thus even Scripture -- is to an extent impotent to convey. It is this Reality, Torrance suggests, that Christians should be seeking, and not stopping short at any signs that might point to it. An excellent study in Christian epistemology and its relationship with the Scriptures.
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