Ronald Wallace
Ronald Wallace (1911–2006) was a theologian and Professor of Biblical Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary. He was also a member of the Torrance family of theologians.
Career overview[]
- Brora, Minister without Charge
- 1940 Minister, Pollock Church, Glasgow
- Church of Scotland's Huts and Canteens
- 1951 Minister, St Kentigern's Church, Lanark
- 1958 Minister, Lothian Road Church, Edinburgh
- 1964 Professor of Biblical Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia
- 1977 Near East School of Theology, Beirut
Education[]
His secondary education took place at the Royal High School. At sixteen he matriculated at the University of Edinburgh and studied a degree in civil engineering. He proceeded to the Faculty of Arts. Studies in Divinity followed; he was a pupil of H.R. Mackintosh and William Manson. While Minister of St Kentigern's in Lanark he gained his PhD on Calvin's Doctrine of the Word and Sacraments.
Family and theological connections[]
In July 1937 he married Mary Moulin Torrance, the sister of Thomas F. Torrance. They had a son, David, and two daughters: Elizabeth and Heather. Wallace's nephews include theologians Iain Torrance and Alan Torrance; moreover, his son-in-law George Newlands is also an academic theologian.
Sources[]
- Torrance, I.R. (1 March 2006) "Obituary: Professor Ronald Wallace" The Scotsman
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