Tag: First Things
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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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First Things interview on American imperialism
In this podcast, Nigel Biggar joins R.R. Reno to talk about his essay ‘A Christian Defense of American Empire‘ which can be found in the October 2022 issue of First Things. They discuss the negative connotations of the word ’empire’ and the nature of America’s role in the world today. ‘Ultimately, the justification for wielding dominant, imperial power depends on…