Humanities & Social Sciences 2 (2016 9) 438-469 ~ ~ ~ УДК 113:2-172 Universe, Incarnation and Humanity: Theology of Thomas Torrance and Modern Cosmology Alexei V. Nesteruk* University of Portsmouth, UK Lion Gate Building, Portsmouth, PO1 3HF Received 29.11.2015, received in revised form 18.12.2015, accepted 12.01.2016 In this paper we give a philosophical analysis of the spatial paradox of incarnation in theology of the famous XXth century Scottish theologian Thomas Torrance. <...> The paradox is interpreted in the context of modern cosmology, in particular in relation to a basic cosmological principle of uniformity of space in the universe. <...> As a step beyond Torrance’s theology the paper analyses the paradox of the incarnation for the elucidation of the sense of the human condition and, in particular, the concept of person as the center of disclosure and manifestation of the universe. <...> Introduction In 1969 Thomas Torrance published his famous book “Space, Time and Incarnation” (Torrance, 1969) where he drew attention of theologians, philosophers and scientists to the fact that if Christian theology is to have a real impact on the state of knowledge and mind of humanity, there must be addressed a serious problem of how to reconcile the Christian teaching of the presence of God in the world with those views on the structure of the universe which follow from modern science. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: alexei.nesteruk@port.ac.uk # 438 # of two associated papers (Torrance 1974, 1995), one cannot fi nd any serious development of the problems formulated there, and it is the most sad thing that Torrance’s frame of thought hardly to be understood and accepted by moderns participants of he dialogue between science and theology because of Torrance’s explicit theological commitment, unpopular among scholars who follow the so called “bottom-up” pattern of this dialogue. <...> It is because of their explicit theological commitment that Torrance’s ideas become very close to the heart of the Eastern Orthodox thinkers working in the fi eld of the dialogue who confess their theological commitment as an intrinsic belief-based approach to reality of the world and theology, Alexei V. Nesteruk. <...> When one realizes that Torrance was in correspondence with Fr. Georges Florovsky, one does not wonder why, when one reads the fi rst part of his “Space, Time and Incarnation <...>