David W. Torrance
David Wishart Torrance (born 22 June 1924), commonly known as David W. Torrance, is a retired Church of Scotland minister and part of the well-known Torrance family of theologians and Christian ministers. He is the youngest of six children to Rev Thomas Torrance (1871-1959) and Annie Elizabeth Torrance (1883-1980), both missionaries to Chengdu, Sichuan of West China. Like his two brothers, Thomas F. Torrance and James B. Torrance, David became a church minister in the Church of Scotland. Unlike his two brothers, he did not go onto academic work. David continued in church ministry until his retirement in 1991.[1][2]
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- ^ Torrance, David W. "Autobiography". Living by Faith. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ Torrance, David W. (2015). The Reluctant Minister: Memoirs by David W. Torrance. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. ISBN 978-1498232906.
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