William Hamilton (theologian)

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William Hamilton (born March 9, 1924 in Evanston , Illinois , † February 28, 2012 in Portland , Oregon ) was a Protestant American theologian and author .

Life

Hamilton studied Protestant theology at Oberlin College and Union Theological Seminary . After graduating, he got a job as a professor of religion at Colgate Rochester Divinity School . Later in life, he was a professor of religion at Portland State University . As an author, he wrote several books and wrote articles for various theological journals. In the 1960s he became a proponent of God-is-dead theology , which included Protestant theologians Thomas Jonathan Jackson Altizer , Gabriel Vahanian , Paul van Buren and Rabbi Richard Rubenstein . On the US television channel CBS , he received a television program in which religions were presented and explained.

Works (selection)

  • Radical Theology and the Death of God , 1961 (in collaboration with Thomas Jonathan Jackson Altizer)
  • Reading Moby Dick and Other Essays , 1989

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "God is dead" - theologian William Hamilton died at the age of 87
  2. ^ Religion-Online.org: William Hamilton ( Memento of November 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Evanston , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 2012
Place of death Portland, Oregon