Revd Russell Lant Carpenter (1816-1892) was the Unitarian minister at Bridport 1865-1887. He was the son of the minister Revd Lant Carpenter and brother of the social activist and reformer Mary Carpenter. He was a passionate anti-slavery activist who wrote fascinating accounts of his travels in the United States in 1852, meeting abolitionists, slave owners, freed slaves and those still in slavery. His warning of the nature of the impending Civil War is truly prophetic and his narrative is a useful corrective to those who would minimize the importance of slavery as the chief reason for the war between the States.
He wrote an important theological exposition on the Atonement, in which he displayed a combination of learning, commonsense and devotion to Jesus Christ that is still powerful today. When he wrote his views would have been seen as evidently Unitarian Christian, though perhaps even then more Christocentric than was thought fashionable. Nowadys his views would, rightly, be seen as much more Free Christian. In the next few weeks I shall be sharing some of his thoughts.
He wrote an important theological exposition on the Atonement, in which he displayed a combination of learning, commonsense and devotion to Jesus Christ that is still powerful today. When he wrote his views would have been seen as evidently Unitarian Christian, though perhaps even then more Christocentric than was thought fashionable. Nowadys his views would, rightly, be seen as much more Free Christian. In the next few weeks I shall be sharing some of his thoughts.
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