Alexandra S. Radcliff earned her doctorate in theology as the Donald M. Baillie Scholar at the University of St. Andrews. She is assistant editor of Participatio and works at the Stony Brook School in New York.
Alexandra Radcliff's impressive study of the theology of Thomas F.
Torrance and James B. Torrance explores what the experience of
salvation might look like for Christians when it is not viewed from
within a legalistic or contractual view of divine and human
relations. This is one of those rare studies that consistently
demonstrates why any view of conditional salvation obscures the
true force of the gospel. Such a view puts an undue burden (the
burden of the law) on people who should recognize that they have
been made free to live joyously as those whose humanity has been
transformed in the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of
Jesus Christ himself. This is an important work that helpfully
opens new vistas for readers who will see the implications of a
proper understanding of justification and sanctification for the
Christian life.
--Prof. Paul D. Molnar The Scottish theologian Thomas F. Torrance
(1913-2007) is reckoned to be one of the leading Christian thinkers
of the twentieth century. But many find his work difficult to read.
Dr. Alexandra Radcliff, working with the advice and guidance of
Torrance's nephew, Alan Torrance, has produced a highly readable
account that relates the theology of Torrance and his brother,
James Torrance, to the life of the Church and the believer. She
brings the Torrances' Christ-centered, Trinitarian theology to bear
on contemporary spiritual life and renewal.
--Prof. Thomas A. Noble Alexandra Radcliff is a Torrance scholar,
newly minted. Her book is both a careful presentation of Torrance
theology (Thomas, James, and David) and a gentle critique of its
reluctance to push more firmly into the nature of sanctification.
As such, she makes a timely, significant, and helpful contribution
to Torrance studies. The book is beautifully written and superbly
organized, and should be accessible to readers who have struggled
with 'TF's' language especially.
--Prof. Andrew Purves An incisive, scholarly, and lucid exploration
of the Torrances' thinking on salvation and sanctification and so
much more! Few theological books shed so much light on the
practical relevance of the Gospel for the mission of the church.
This clearly written volume is for scholars, students, and thinking
evangelicals alike.
--Prof. Alan J Torrance, University of St. Andrews
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