b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nWilliam Hamilton (teolog)\n_START_SECTION_\nEduca\xc8\x9bie \xc8\x99i carier\xc4\x83\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nHamilton s-a n\xc4\x83scut \xc3\xaen 1924 la Evanston, Illinois. \xc3\x8en 1943 a absolvit Oberlin College. El a servit \xc3\xaen Marina SUA \xc3\xaen timpul celui de-al doilea r\xc4\x83zboi mondial, apoi a ob\xc8\x9binut diploma de master la Union Theological Seminary (New York City) \xc3\xaen 1949. \xc3\x8en 1952 Hamilton a ob\xc8\x9binut un doctorat \xc3\xaen teologie la Universitatea Saint Andrews din Sco\xc8\x9bia._NEWLINE_Hamilton \xc8\x99i colegul s\xc4\x83u teolog Thomas J. J. Altizer au scris cartea Radical Theology and the Death of God (1966). Revista Time a publicat articolul \xe2\x80\x9eIs God Dead?\xe2\x80\x9d \xc3\xaen acela\xc8\x99i an. Hamilton a predat teologia la Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School p\xc3\xa2n\xc4\x83 ce \xc8\x99i-a pierdut postul \xc3\xaen 1967. Apoi a predat religie la New College din Sarasota, Florida, fiind numit \xc3\xaen 1970 ca profesor la Portland State University. A \xc3\xaendeplinit acolo func\xc8\x9bia de dean of arts and letters p\xc3\xa2n\xc4\x83 la pensionarea sa \xc3\xaen 1986._NEWLINE_Hamilton a murit \xc3\xaen urma unor complica\xc8\x9bii de insuficien\xc8\x9b\xc4\x83 cardiac\xc4\x83 congestiv\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaen 2012, la v\xc3\xa2rsta de 87 de ani \xc3\xaen Portland, Oregon. I-au supravie\xc8\x9buit so\xc8\x9bia Mary Jean \xc8\x99i cei cinci copii.'