Rev Byron Carrier — Jesus Then and Now

On this Easter Sunday let us reasonably speculate as to what sort of person Jesus was and how Christianity and he have morphed from then to now. We’ll remember some early Unitarian and Universalist forms of Christianity and consider what this all might mean in us in our lives. Easter is an “inner archetype.”

As his talk contained a lot of references to various scholarly publications, Byron was kind enough to provide a detailed bibliography now posted on the UUFM website.

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.