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6 August 2024. Deconstructing “decolonisation”: what it is, why it matters, and why it’s (mostly) wrong “The ‘decolonisation’ movement assumes that the colonial record of the West is simply a litany of racism, exploitation, and oppression of ‘black’ victims by ‘white’ victimisers. As a matter of historical fact, this is false. But when ‘decolonisers’ are…
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25 July 2024. “Reverend Canon Nigel Biggar is a historian, theologian and ethicist currently serving as Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford. Nigel has been described as “one of the leading living Western ethicists” by the New Statesman, and is named as one of Prospect Magazine’s Top Thinkers of 2024.…
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11 July 2024. Nigel on The Natural Theologian podcast. In this podcast, Nigel joins King Laugh and Joel Carini of The Natural Theologian to discuss theological method and more.
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20 June 2024. Nigel joins the Bigger Than Me Podcast, exploring the distinctions between colonialism and colonisation, motivations behind European expansion, Sir John A. Macdonald’s legacy, and the ongoing impact of First Nations people, including the controversial claims of unmarked graves at Kamloops Residential School, while advocating for integrity and humility in confronting our colonial…
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20 June 2024. Nigel joins Tim Benson of the Heartland Institute to discuss his Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. They discuss whether the British Empire was driven primarily by greed and the lust to dominate, whether we should speak of “colonialism and slavery” in the same breath, and whether the Empire was essentially racist. They also…
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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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12 March 2024. “Euthanasia and assisted suicide became a hot topic in Hungary, after a young human rights lawyer, who was diagnosed with ALS disease, filed a petition at the European Court of Human Rights in order to change the relevant Hungarian legal regulation. Our guest speakers will discuss the most pressing moral, philosophical, medical,…
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29 February 2024. Nigel joins Deprogrammed, a podcast of The New Culture Forum, to discuss decolonisation with host Harrison Pitt of the European Conservative magazine. Nigel and Harrison are joined by Connor Tomlinson of Lotus Eaters.