JOHN A. T. ROBINSON
John A. T. 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. Robinson was considered a major force in shaping liberal Christian theology. Along with Harvard theologian Harvey Cox, he spearheaded the field of secular theology; and, like William Barclay, he was a believer in universal salvation. (More from Wikipedia)
As reported in Wikipedia: “In 1963, the Anglican Bishop of Woolwich, John A. T. Robinson, published a controversial but popular book, Honest to God, urging the nation to reject traditional church teachings on morality and the concept of God as an ‘old man in the sky’, and instead embrace a universal ethic of love.” John Lennon quoted this book in his Chicago press conference.
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