The Very Rev. Professor Thomas Forsyth Torrance was Professor of Christian Dogmatics in the University of Edinburgh from 1952 to 1979. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1976-1977, and President of Academie Internationale des Sciences Religieuses, 1972-1981. In 1969 he won the Collins Prize for his book Theological Science, and in 1978 he was awarded the Templeton Prize for his work on the relationship between science and theology. He holds doctorates in Divinity, Literature and Science; is Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the British Academy. His recent books include: The Ground and Grammar of Theology, Christian Theology and Scientific Culture, Divine and Contingent Order, Transformation and Convergence in the Frame of Knowledge, The Christian Frame of Mind.