TAYLOR, ALFRED EDWARD

(1869-1945) Congregational preacher and theologian; professor at St Andrews, Edinburgh and Yale; wrote 1. Elements of Metaphysics and 2. The Faith of a Moralist ; founder of New Haven theology; modified Calvinism ; ethical emphasized; Philosophy of Spirit ; spirit is ultimate reality but not same as Hegel ian thought; man not only a purely physical being but also a spiritual one; all things (even inanimate things) have a kind of spiritual life of their own; emphasized on spirit as the agent of action, rather than merely thought; strong empirical emphasized