Tag: media
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The Myths of Indigenous History
24 January 2025. “John speaks with Dr. Nigel Biggar and Dr. Stephen Chavura to explore the complexities of history, challenging one-sided narratives of colonisation and conflict. Their discussion sheds light on the nuanced relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples, revealing both moments of mutual respect and undeniable tragedy. The discussion emphasises an understanding of history…
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Nigel Biggar on the Moral Complexities of the British Empire
21 November 2024. “Are modern denunciations of Empire anachronistic, and how does the shame they propagate hinder the West’s ability to defend itself? “On Afternoon Light #173 Georgina Downer speaks with Nigel Biggar, author of Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, to discuss how demonising the past has real-world consequences for the present. Unpacking the moral ambiguities of…
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Empire, ethics, and academic freedom: a conversation with Nigel Biggar
8 Nov 2024. “In this episode, Michael and James talk to Oxford theologian Nigel Biggar as he discusses his experiences with academic cancel culture and argues that while the British Empire had significant flaws, it also helped spread important liberal values and institutions throughout the world. “The conversation then delves into how modern universities are…
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‘Colonialism’ featured on the Mars Hill Audio Journal
7 Nov 2024. Nigel joins Ken Myers of Mars Hill Audio, an audio journal founded in 1992, to discuss his book, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. Nigel speaks of the need for a historically informed moral accounting of the British empire. The other guests in the same issue of the Journal include Andrew Youngblood (Know Thyself); R. J. Snell (Lost in…
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The Leighton Smith Podcast: Professor Nigel Biggar on free speech
6 Nov 2024. Universities have a duty to support an environment where all sorts of ideas, some of them no doubt challenging, can come into play and where students are trained in the virtues necessary for us to have a liberal society. — Nigel Biggar
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Sean Plunket interviews Nigel Biggar from The Free Speech Union UK
05 November 2024. “Sean Plunket interviews Nigel Biggar from the Free Speech Union UK about the free speech movement, cancel culture in New Zealand, critical race theory, colonialism, media bias, and much more.” “Sean Plunket is the founding editor of The Platform and an award-winning veteran broadcaster and television presenter.“
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Why the history war matters
20 October 2024. Nigel Biggar says the controversy over empire is not really a controversy about history at all. It is about the present, not the past. In this conversation with Nick Cater, Professor Biggar talks about the reaction to his book, “Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning”, the experience of being cancelled, Israel’s war for survival…
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SDP Talk with Nigel Biggar
22 September 2024. In this episode of SDPTalk, William Clouston is joined by Nigel Biggar, former Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, and author of several books including the Sunday Times bestseller, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. As calls for ‘decolonisation’ echo through our institutions and our fellow citizens…
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Deconstructing decolonisation
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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Podcast Against Antisemitism
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.…