E. L. Hebden Taylor
Encyclopedia
Revd Eustace Lovatt Hebden Taylor (25 July 1925 - 2006) was a Reformational
Anglican vicar. He was the son of missionaries and born in Katanga
, Belgian Congo
.
He enlisted in the Royal Navy at the start of the Second World War. After the war he returned to England to study at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After graduation he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company in Vancouver. There he was married and became an Anglican priest. He subsequently went as a missionary to the Yukon
. They returned to England in 1963 where he became vicar at St John's, Greengates, Bradford
. He was then offered a place at Dordt College
, Iowa
, where he became professor of History and Sociology.
Reformational philosophy
Reformational philosophy is a Neo-Calvinistic movement pioneered by Herman Dooyeweerd and D. H. Th. Vollenhoven that seeks to develop philosophical thought in a radically Protestant Christian direction.- Historical overview :...
Anglican vicar. He was the son of missionaries and born in Katanga
Katanga Province
Katanga Province is one of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province was to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009; this did not actually take place.Katanga's regional...
, Belgian Congo
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.-Congo Free State, 1884–1908:Until the latter...
.
He enlisted in the Royal Navy at the start of the Second World War. After the war he returned to England to study at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After graduation he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company in Vancouver. There he was married and became an Anglican priest. He subsequently went as a missionary to the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
. They returned to England in 1963 where he became vicar at St John's, Greengates, Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
. He was then offered a place at Dordt College
Dordt College
Dordt College is a private, Christian, liberal arts college located in Sioux Center, Iowa. It was founded in 1955 and is affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church. The college name is a reference to the Synod of Dort....
, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, where he became professor of History and Sociology.
Publications
- The New Legality: In the Light of the Christian Philosophy of Law (Craig Press/ P&R, 1967)
- Evolution and the Reformation of Biology (Craig Press, 1967)
- The Christian Philosophy of Law, Politics, and the State (Craig Press, 1969)
- The Reformational Understanding of Family and Marriage (Craig Press, 1970)
- Reformation or Revolution (Craig Press, 1970)
- The Origin and Nature of Modern Capitalism (Christian Studies Center, 1975)
- Economics, Money and Banking (Craig Press, 1978)