Rev Byron Carrier — Jefferson Then and Us Now

What sort of a person was Thomas Jefferson? What did he face and do in his political and personal context? What of the adulation and demonization he inherited then and elicits now? What has become of his hope of a humanistic, enlightened democracy? What sorts of citizens and persons are we?

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Speaker Bio

Byron (Brad) Carrier attended Meadville/Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago 1969-1971 and 1985-1986. Beyond that, he attended the Humanist Institute in NY (’87-’90) and traveled to India (’72) where he encountered the Blind Saint of Vrindivan and Shri Rajneesh. Brad has served UU congregations in St. Joseph, Michigan, Urbana, Illinois, Clinton, North Carolina, and Ashland, Oregon (’86-’94). He helped found the UU fellowship in Grants Pass, Oregon, which now owns its own building and recently granted Reverend Carrier emeritus status. He still lives in Ashland and publishes via his website Earthlyreligion.com (please browse to see his liberal array of ideas and ideals) through which he may be contacted.