John A.T. Robinson is a rate combination of first-rank New Testament Scholar, Efficient administrator concerned with the re-organization of the Church of England and bishop with a deep insight into the needs and problems of ordinary people. Long before the success of Honest to God made his name a household word throughout the English speaking world and beyond, he was known for his controversial views on morality and on the need for theology to be really 'applied' so that it had relevance to the concerns of the modern world.