The following is intended to respond to the “problem” that Colin Gunton has attempted to provide, by labeling T.F. Torrance as a Foundationalist & Rationalist. What should happen, as a result of these following essays, by guest poster Dr. Myk Habets, is that Gunton’s claims will be relativised, and T.F. Torrance’s actual approach will be presented as it is: viz. Critical Realism (I personally like the language of Theological Realism). The following are all short essays that Myk Habets provided me with in the past to be posted at my other blog “Behind The Back;” I thought Colin Gunton’s issues with TFT would serve as the perfect foil for clarifying how it is that TFT is actually not a foundationalist, proper, but instead a Critical Realist. I wanted to post this as a resource for down the line (for reference and such). And since I got some feedback, previously, on how long the post was with all 3 essays strung together, I decided to break them up into individual posts; and then also provide this post as an index to all 3. The first post here will be the problem post presented around Colin Gunton’s claim relative to T.F. Torrance, and then the 3 essays by Myk Habets in response (and only in response at my manipulation, viz. relative to how I’ve chosen to set this up on the blog — Myk did not originally write these in response to Gunton’s claims about TFT).

Article on Colin Gunton’s claim that TF Torrance was a foundationalist:

• Lamenting the Loss of Thomas Torrance to the Guild of the Foundationalists & Rationalists

And the 3 (appropriated Myk Habets’) essays in response to this:

• 1§ Rehabilitating T.F. Torrance back to his ‘Critical Realism’ contra Colin Gunton’s claim of ‘Foundationalist’

• 2§ Rehabilitating T.F. Torrance back to his ‘Critical Realism’ contra Colin Gunton’s claim of ‘Foundationalist’

• 3§ Rehabilitating T.F. Torrance back to his ‘Critical Realism’ contra Colin Gunton’s claim of ‘Foundationalist’