William Hughes Hamilton III (March 9, 1924 – February 28, 2012) was a prominent theologian and proponent of the Death of God movement.
He served in the United States Navy during World War II, then earned a master's degree from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York in 1949.
[1] Hamilton and fellow theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer co-authored the book Radical Theology and the Death of God (1966).
[2] In 1953 Hamilton joined the faculty at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School until he lost his endowed chair in 1967.
Hamilton died of complications from congestive heart failure in his home on February 28, 2012, at age 87 in Portland, Oregon.