Convinced Universalists
Paul Dean (1789–1860) was a student of John Murray and was the only prominent trinitarian universalist of his generation. He pastored a Unitarian church (the only Unitarian pastor do have remained trinitarian) and co-founded the Massachusetts Association of Universal Restorationists (MAUR) with his very close friend Adin Ballou after they left/were ousted from the mainline ultra-universalist churches for their Restorationism (Purgatorial-universalism). When they became estranged over Adin’s radical social ideals, MAUR essentially disbanded, which I suspect contributed to the general decline in purgatorial universalism. He was ecumenical towards non-universalists (over the generally schismatic attitude of the ultra-Us), and was theologically conservative/evangelical, although he did reject impassibility (which isn’t really that radical either).
Adin Ballou (1803–1890) was, like his close friend Dean, a convinced universalist. He had some rather fascinating ideas, albeit peculiar and unorthodox, but was a truly inspirational fellow. He was an exemplary abolitionist, radical pacifist and socialist (greatly influencing the Christian anarchist thought of Tolstoy, who regarded him as the greatest American writer!). Ballou ran a truly remarkable race — he delivered eight to nine thousand sermons, married one thousand couples, wrote about five hundred articles, edited a journal and founded a utopian community.
This is a cool project, but I wonder whether the title should be changed from “infernalism”. In my mind, infernalism is highly offensive or completely meaningless — either signifying that the person is, as an infernalist, abominable/diabolical for not believing in universalism, or signifies that they simply believe in some abode of the dead, or some post-mortem “punishment” (and if so, so what? So does Dean, Ballou and myself). You don’t have to change it on my account, and I don’t mean to be pedantic, but I do find it offensive and/or meaningless.