Andrew Torrance is a Professor of Theology and a Co-Director of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology, alongside Oliver Crisp. Prior to his permanent appointment at St Andrews, he launched and led the programme Scientists in Congregations Scotland, which explored ways of creating a constructive conversation about science and faith within the life of the Church. Andrew received his doctorate from the University of Otago in 2013, focusing on Søren Kierkegaard’s and Karl Barth’s theology of conversion. 

Alongside his work in the Logos Institute, Andrew was a member of an interdisciplinary team of scholars, based at Baylor University, researching the nature of accountability as a relational virtue. As a part of this team, he wrote the monograph Accountability to God. Andrew was also a member of another interdisciplinary group of scholars, organised by Biologos, exploring the nature of human identity and personhood. Lastly, he recently finished co-writing, with Alan Torrance, the book Beyond Immanence: The Theological Vision of Kierkegaard and Barth.

Currently, he is working on his next book on a theology of progress.

Aside from his academic work, Andrew is committed to ensuring that his theological work is publicly engaged. Among his various roles, he serves as: (1) theological advisor for Learn: an initiative promoting further theological teaching in the Church of Scotland and further afield; (2) a member of the Theological Forum for the Church of Scotland; (3) and a member of the Advisory Council for the Grasping the Nettle initiative in Scotland.

Grants (since 2013)

• 2020–2023   $329,372 (NZD)  from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on “Theological Anthropology, Fundamental Need, and Human Flourishing: A Women Scholars Project” (run through Carey Baptist College, Auckland, with Christa McKirland).

• 2018–2021   $134,966 (USD) from the Templeton Religion Trust to be a part of Baylor University’s Research Project, ‘Accountability as a Relational Virtue’
• 2018–2021   $100,000 (USD) from the Blankemeyer Foundation for a new series of James Gregory lectures on Science, Religion, and Human Flourishing (with Judith Wolfe and Eric Priest)
•  2016–2020   £1,584,754 from the Templeton Religion Trust to co-run the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology (with Alan Torrance)
• 2016–2018   $50,000 (USD) from the John Templeton Foundation for a new series of James Gregory lectures on Science, Religion, and Human Flourishing (with Judith Wolfe and Eric Priest)
• 2016–2017   $3,500 (USD) for the project, ‘What is distinctive about Christian conversion?’. This was a part of The Experience Project, run through the University of Notre Dame and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
• 2013–2016   £509,389 from the John Templeton Foundation to lead the Scientists in Congregations, Scotland programme (with Ivor Davidson)

DI1001 - Theology: Issues and History

DI4915 - The Theology of Søren Kierkegaard

DI4928 - Theological Anthropology

DI5354 - Analytic Theology: God, History, and Revelation

DI5353 - Reconciliation: Divine and Human

DI5355 - Persons: Divine and Human

DI5356 - Pauline Theology