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Byron Williams (September 22, 1959) is an American  author, columnist, essayist, adjunct professor radio host and public theologian. Williams is the author three books in addition to numerous columns and essays, and the former pastor of the Resurrection Community Church in Berkeley, CA.

Williams has written for numerous publication on social and political matters, including the Huffington Post. He is also host of the NPR-affiliated broadcast The Public Morality. He is the author of the bestselling 1963: The Year of Hope and Hostility, which won the 2014 International Book Award for US History. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=1963%3Athe+year+of+hope+and+hostility+

His previous book, Strip Mall Patriotism: Moral Reflections on the Iraq War, is a series of essays covering a four-year span in what is arguably America’s worst foreign-policy decision. []

His forthcoming book: A Radical Declaration: An Enlighten Ideal (2018). Using the Declaration of Independence as the ethos, The Radical Declaration is five thought provoking essays that surveys U.S. history, along some of the greatest contemporary challenges examine how 21st century America adjudicates its core principles.

He is also an adjunct professor at Wake Forest University School of Divinity.http://myfox8.com/2017/01/16/wake-forest-students-write-dear-donald-trump-supporters-letters/ In 2010 and 2011, Williams' work was nationally recognized by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), which nominated him for “Columnist of the Year.” Williams has spoken across the country and appeared on numerous television and radio news programs, including CNN, MSNBC, ABC Radio, Fox News, and National Public Radio.