Taylor, Nathaniel William (1786–1858)

US Protestant theologian. His ‘New Haven theology’, long assailed as heresy, denied the Calvinistic doctrine of sin as depravity. He contributed controversial articles to the Christian Spectator and other journals and was a persuasive, eloquent preacher and teacher. Taylor was born in New Milford, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 1807, was ordained in 1812, held a Congregational pastorate in New Haven for ten years, and from 1822 until a few weeks before his death was professor of theology at Yale.