Talk:John A. T. Robinson
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I cannot remember if John died late 82 or early 83, I think the latter: his last sermon was Christmas 82 but he died soon afterwards. I'll check when I have time and come back.
John was also Dean of Clare in the fifties and moving from Bishop of Wollwich to Dean of Trinity must have been a demotion. I have added him to the "previous Deans" list at Trinity also BozMo
On the issue of Robinson's challenge to exegetes. Liberal theology is not a monolith, it is not startling for one theologian to critique the work of another, or evaluate it as being flat wrong for that matter. It is through such criticism that scholars are nourished and forced to better express, research, or consider their opinions. Such discussion is not looked upon as seditious, nor would the idea even occur to most theologians. One must remember that, in any academic setting, we see a vast array of people with a great deal of knowledge on their subject, but who also have vastly different opinions and scholastic approaches/axes to grind. Theologically, Robinson is one of my heroes, but his evaluation of the dating of the New Testament is just not supported by the dearth of archeological material. This does not make me a traitor to liberal theology or Robinson's memory. MerricMaker 15:47, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Progressive Christianity
I changed the reference from "Progressive Christianity" to liberal Christian theology, because progressive Christianity historically is associated with the social justice movement of the early 20th century. --Blainster 17:53, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Weasel words?
'Robinson proposed abandoning the notion of a God "out there", existing somewhere out in the universe, just as we have abandoned already the idea of God "up there", the notion of the old man up in the sky.' Who is 'we', and when, where, and under what circumstances did 'we' believe this? As far as I know, 'mainsteam' 'Anglicanism', like the orthodox Catholic Faith, did not believe that God (the Trinity) exists 'somewhere out in the universe' in the first place.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:PETF (talk • contribs).
