Honest To God By John Robinson

It aroused a storm of controversy on its original publication by scm press in 1963.

Honest to god by john robinson. Robinson s book was a showstarter when it first appeared heralding a new conversation between an optimistic emergent counter culture and the for some repressive conservatism of the church here abstracted into religion in general. The author poses legitimate questions that have been quietly pondered by many christians of the 21st century. Honest to god is the work that catapulted bishop john a. Robinson 1963 online research library.

Freeman the north american review. Honest to god the westminster press philadelphia 03 scm press ltd 1963 printed in the united states of america 04. Honest to god is still a classic and should be required reading for every christian. Robinson s own evaluation of honest to god found in his subsequent book exploration into god stated that the chief contribution of this book was its successful synthesis of the work.

Robinson bishop of woolwich. Honest to god is a book written by the anglican bishop of woolwich john a t. Honest to god is not a textbook but rather an argument for a theological position. Canon angela tilby christchurch catherdral oxford.

Robinson from the ranks of obscure anglican scholar to theological fame in great britain and throughout the anglican communion. Honest to god changed the face of british christianity which during the 1950s had become formal sleepy complacent and over respectable. Honest to god is a bracing and engaging call to re examine outdated and troublesome images of god. A good follow up read would be one of john shelby spong s books probably rescuing the bible from fundamentalism rescuing the bible from fundamentalism or jesus for the non religious jesus for the non religious.

It is an important position and robinson has performed a long overdue task in presenting the position in a form which can be easily read and understood kenneth d. This is the fortieth anniversary edition of john robinson s classic text. Whereas traditional theistic concepts placed god above the world so that we have to look up in awe to god robinson places god deep in the human person so that we have to look within to find god. John robinson s probing book led some to abandon their faith some to accept it for the first time and many to dig deeper.

Robinson criticising traditional christian theology.