Category: ‘Ethics and Empire’ Project
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Light in the darkness
13 November 2024. In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation This article is taken from the November 2024 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now they’re offering five issues for just £10. What does history do? You read about human beings…
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Professor Biggar defends his book Colonialism
3 May 2024. Nigel in the Church Times. From the Revd Professor Nigel Biggar Sir, — I write to correct four misleading statements made by Dr Susan Durber and the Revd Dr Duncan Dormor (Letters, 26 April) First, Dr Durber finds my book Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning “repugnant”, because I judge the wholesale damnation of…
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Reassessing the Moral Narrative of Colonialism
9 April 2024. “Historical, moral judgment can be a difficult thing to navigate in the context of colonialism. Have you ever pondered the role of truth in history and its impact on today’s political culture? … Nigel and Greg LeBlanc (unSILOed) discuss whether historical accuracy should bow to political objectives or stand resolute in the…
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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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The Culture Wars and the Rhodes Trust at 120
4 July 2023. In this YouTube video, presented by the Alliance of Rhodes Scholars, Nigel speaks on Cecil Rhodes and the ethics of empire. Nigel’s talk was part of a panel on the history of the Rhodes Trust.
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Jordan B. Peterson Podcast: Separating Good from Evil in the British Empire
22 May 2023. ‘Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Dr. Nigel Biggar break down his new publication, “Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning,” and parse out the truths and falsehoods from the modern day revisionist movement. They explore the ethics of imperialism, the motivations for the British colonies, their role in the slave trade, bringing modernity to much…
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Was the British Empire evil?
22 May 2023. Nigel Biggar for The Hub. A look at the global historical context tells a more nuanced tale than black and white judgements allow for. Today the country is taking a statutory holiday in honour of Queen Victoria, the figure perhaps most emblematic of colonial empire. It requires a bit of cognitive dissonance given that…
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Reckoning with Colonialism
8 May 2023. By Samuel Gregg for Public Discourse. As a moral framework for assessing regimes in an imperfect world, Nigel Biggar’s Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning has much to recommend it. A common feature of many cultural revolutions is the effort to distort or even erase historical truth in the service of ideological goals. Past events, customs,…
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Nigel Biggar On Colonialism
5 May 2023. A qualified defense of the British empire, which unwound itself and ended slavery. ‘Nigel Biggar is an Anglican priest, academic and writer. Formerly the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford, he now directs the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics & Public Life and chairs the board of the UK’s Free…
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On the Faith of Feet: Nigel Biggar Discusses Christianity, Empire, Evil, and Reasons for Optimism
4 May 2023. Nigel joins Robert Aitken at The New Humanum. ‘Nigel Biggar is Emeritus Professor of Moral & Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, and Director of the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics & Public Life. He studies the contribution of religion to the health of liberal societies; moral questions about killing (especially…