ROBINSON, John A. T. (1919-1983):
controversial ANGLICAN theologian and the BISHOP of
Woolwich whose book Honest to God (1963) created a theological sensation by its
blunt denial of TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN BELIEFS and doctrines. Although radical in that
work, Biblical scholarship was CONSERVATIVE in many respects and included Redating the
New Testament (1976), a defence of the essential historicity and early date of the NEW
TESTAMENT. His last book published posthumously was The Priority of John
(1985).