Category: Colonialism and ‘Decolonisation’
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Colonialism, Empires, and War
20 February 2024. ‘Historian, theologian and ethicist Nigel Biggar CBE, emeritus Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford and Danube Institute Visiting Fellow David Oldroyd-Bolt discuss Professor Biggar’s bestselling book ‘Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning’, which his original publisher tried to cancel before it had even been published, as well as…
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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
9 January 2024. ‘When we accuse a country of being a “coloniser”, it’s meant as a bad thing. But what if colonialism is okay? What if the British Empire was, on balance… good? That’s the position of Nigel Biggar, a Professor Emeritus at Oxford University whose new book, “Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning”, is making heads…
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The Empire State of Mind
8 January 2024. Today’s anti-colonial narrative ignores the peace, justice, order—and even the abolition of slavery—that the British Empire brought to the world. Derek Turner reviews Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning for Chronicles magazine. ‘Ideologues are often performative, but sometimes they are simply pantomimic. One of today’s major stock villains is the British Empire—seen in melodramatic…
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Colonialism: A Best Book of 2023
3 January 2024. “Nigel Biggar – one of our leading theologians but also, thanks to the intolerance of others, a leading controversialist – tackled one aspect of the culture wars with Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, published by William Collins after the original publisher backed out. Biggar confronts those who “condemn [British] colonialism as a whole for…
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‘Colonialism’ on The Rasheed Griffith Show
13 December 2023. Nigel joins The Rasheed Griffith Show to discuss Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. Listen here or through the Spotify player below. The British Empire was more than just colonialism and slavery. Framing it as such does a deep disservice to history, impedes progress in the present, and is an attempt to rewrite history…
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The Colonialism Slander in the State Department and Beyond
03 December 2023. Peter Berkowitz of Stanford University and once director of the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. State Department references Nigel’s Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning in this commentary for RealClearPolitics. Left-wing intellectuals have transformed the complex history of “colonialism” into an all-encompassing slander against the West. A practice dating back to the ancient…
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The Inspiration Project
16 November 2023. Nigel joins Brendan Corr of The Inspiration Project, an Australian Christian College (ACC) podcast. Listen through the player or ACC link below. From the ACC website description: On this episode of The Inspiration Project, Brendan Corr talks to Emeritus Professor Nigel Biggar about what attracted him to an academic life, why books…
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An honest conversation about colonialism
15 November 2023. In this episode of Australiana, a podcast of The Spectator Australia, Nigel joins host Will Kingston to discuss colonialism. From the episode description: Today, colonialism is viewed by many as the original sin of British history. The truth is far more complex. Theologian, ethicist, and author Nigel Biggar is one of the…
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A nation divided cannot stand
9 November 2023. Nigel makes a guest appearance on ADH TV’s Fred Pawle Show. ‘A nation divided cannot stand: Some parts of London look more like central Asia than Britain. Enoch Powell envisaged this, and warned that it would lead to instability and violence. Special guests: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Professor Nigel Biggar and Avi Yemini.…
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Unlicensed Philosophy with Chuong Nguyen
29 September 2023. Nigel joins Chuong Nguyen of the Unlicensed Philosophy podcast to discuss Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. Listen through the player below or on the Unlicensed Philosophy homepage.