Nathaniel William Taylor

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Congregational theologian Yale professor person theologian

Nathaniel William Taylor was a 19th-century American Congregational theologian and Yale professor known for developing the influential "New Haven" variant of New England theology.

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Nathaniel William Taylor canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Congregational theologian ⓘ Yale professor ⓘ person ⓘ theologian ⓘ
birthDate	1786-06-23 ⓘ
birthPlace	New Milford, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1858-03-10 ⓘ
deathPlace	New Haven, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination	Congregational Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	Yale College NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Yale College NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale Divinity School NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Christian theology NERFINISHED ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ
givenName	Nathaniel NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	American evangelical theology in the 19th century ⓘ New Haven theologians ⓘ
influencedBy	Jonathan Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	developing the New Haven school of theology ⓘ emphasis on human moral agency and responsibility ⓘ influence on 19th-century American Protestant thought ⓘ modifying traditional Calvinist doctrines ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	New England theology NERFINISHED ⓘ New Haven theology ⓘ
notableIdea	compatibilism between divine sovereignty and human freedom ⓘ moral government theory of atonement ⓘ redefinition of original sin as moral, not physical, depravity ⓘ
notableWork	Concio ad Clerum (1828) NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	clergyman ⓘ theologian ⓘ university professor ⓘ
placeOfWork	New Haven, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor of Didactic Theology at Yale ⓘ
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
theologicalTradition	Calvinism (New England variant) NERFINISHED ⓘ Reformed theology ⓘ

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Description of subject: Nathaniel William Taylor was a 19th-century American Congregational theologian and Yale professor known for developing the influential "New Haven" variant of New England theology.

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New England theology → hasKeyFigure → Nathaniel William Taylor ⓘ