John Robinson | |
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Bishop of Woolwich | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Southwark |
In office | 1959 to 1969 |
Predecessor | Robert Stannard |
Successor | David Sheppard |
Other post(s) | Dean of Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge (1969–1983) |
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Ordination |
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Consecration | 1959 by Geoffrey Fisher |
Personal details | |
Born | John Arthur Thomas Robinson 16 May 1919 Canterbury, Kent, England |
Died | 5 December 1983 Arncliffe, North Yorkshire, England | (aged 64)
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Profession | Clergyman and scholar |
Alma mater | Westcott House, Cambridge |
John Arthur Thomas Robinson (16 May 1919 – 5 December 1983) was an English New Testament scholar, author and the Anglican Bishop of Woolwich.[1] He was a lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, and later Dean of Trinity College[2] until his death in 1983 from cancer.[3] Robinson was considered a major force in New Testament studies and in shaping liberal Christian theology. Along with the Harvard theologian Harvey Cox, he spearheaded the field of secular theology and, like William Barclay, was a believer in universal salvation.[4]