William H. Brackney

The Reverend Doctor William H. Brackney
Born	William Henry Brackney (1948-01-30)January 30, 1948 Washington, DC, US
Died	November 13, 2022(2022-11-13) (aged 74) Wolfville, NS, Canada
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Maryland Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary Temple University
Thesis	Religious Antimasonry (1976)
Academic work
Discipline	History theology
Institutions	Houghton College McMaster University Baylor University Acadia University

William Henry Brackney (January 30, 1948 – November 13, 2022) was the Millard R. Cherry Distinguished Professor of Christian Thought and Ethics Emeritus at Acadia University^[1] in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He was an ordained Baptist minister, accredited by the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches and the American Baptist Churches, USA. He was previously the Dean of Theology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario,^[1] and published numerous books and articles dealing with post-Reformation Protestant thought, particularly the Baptist and Radical Reformation traditions. Brackney did significant work in the areas of global ethics and human rights, and was the director of the Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies (2008–2018).^[2] He was also a regular columnist for websites focused on ethics.^[3]