Category: Forgiveness
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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…
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The Yasukuni Shrine: On Shame, Guilt and Forgiveness
At the beginning of the season of Lent, Nigel Biggar has written an op-ed article for The Times in which he examines Japan’s ongoing failure to repent of its complicity in war crimes in order to explore broader questions of shame, guilt, forgiveness, and cultural memory. A copy of the article is available to read here.