Search results
John Arthur Thomas Robinson (16 May 1919 – 5 December 1983) was an English New Testament scholar, author and the Anglican Bishop of Woolwich. He was a lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, and later Dean of Trinity College until his death in 1983 from cancer.
Honest to God is a book written by the Anglican Bishop of Woolwich John A.T. Robinson, criticising traditional Christian theology. It aroused a storm of controversy on its original publication by SCM Press in 1963.
Dec 7, 1983 · Bishop John A. T. Robinson, the Anglican theologian whose unorthodoxy drew the wrath of traditionalist leaders of the Church of England, died Monday night at his home in Yorkshire, England.
May 16, 2013 · The author was a Church of England clergyman, John Robinson, the bishop of Woolwich in south London. A couple of years previously, he had described sex as "an act of holy communion" in the trial...
In 1959, Robinson became Bishop of Woolwich. In 1960, Robinson first came to wider public attention by testifying on behalf of Penguin Books, a publishing house which had deliberately published D. H. Lawrence’s novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
Dec 7, 1983 · Robinson was Anglican bishop of the London diocese of Woolwich at the time and his book was attacked for rocking the faith of many traditional Christians.
Feb 25, 2023 · John Robinson was an English New Testament scholar, author, and Anglican Bishop of Woolwich from 1959-1969. He was a lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, and later became the Dean of Trinity College until his death in 1983.
