The Death of God Redux

Theologian who heralded the death of God ponders his own

Nancy Haught profiles Bill Hamilton, the theologian who speculated on the death of God, in this week's full ext article, linked above.

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Hamilton didn't see an active God anymore. But the theologian was not an atheist. And he didn't want to let go of Jesus, as the example of how humans should treat one another.

"The death of God is a metaphor," he says. "We needed to redefine Christianity as a possibility without the presence of God."