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New Dark Age
Why Liberals Must Win the Culture Wars
Av Nigel Biggar
Inbunden, 2026
190 kr
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In an increasingly polarized age, culture wars are everywhere. They are often dismissed as superficial or confected disagreements designed to distract us from more important issues. Is this true, or are they actually more fundamental than that?In this thoughtful and passionate intervention, …
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
Av Nigel Biggar
Häftad, 2024
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
167 kr
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The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.Now however, with Russia …
Reparations
Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt
Av Nigel Biggar
Inbunden, 2025
253 kr
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A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025'Compelling and timely' Tirthankar Roy'Essential reading' David EltisMany now claim that Western countries should pay reparations to former colonies for the lasting damage they caused, especially through slavery. Why is this claim being made now? How far does it …
In Defence of War
Av Nigel Biggar
Häftad, 2014
569 kr
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Pacifism is popular. Many hold that war is unnecessary, since peaceful means of resolving conflict are always available, if only we had the will to look for them. Or they believe that war is wicked, essentially involving hatred of the enemy and carelessness of human life. Or they posit the absolute …
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
Av Nigel Biggar
Inbunden, 2023
304 kr
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The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.Now however, with Russia …
Our Islands' Story
Inbunden, 2026
225 kr
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In recent years it has become fashionable to tell a certain kind of story about Britain. At its least offensive, this story emphasises the worst aspects of Britain’s past and neglects the best. At its most damaging, it denies, demeans or distorts the very fabric of our collective inheritance.In Our …
Reparations
Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt
Av Nigel Biggar
Häftad, 2026
149 kr
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A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025'Compelling and timely' Tirthankar Roy'Essential reading' David EltisMany now claim that Western countries should pay reparations to former colonies for the lasting damage they caused, especially through slavery. Why is this claim being made now? How far does it …
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
Av Nigel Biggar
Häftad, 2023
194 kr
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The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.Now however, with Russia …
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
Av Nigel Biggar
E-bok, 2023
198 kr
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The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.Now however, with Russia …
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
Av Nigel Biggar
Ljudbok, 2023
279 kr
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The Sunday Times BestsellerA new assessment of the West’s colonial recordIn the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.Now however, with Russia rattling …
Religious Voices in Public Places
E-bok, 2009
1668 kr
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Must religious voices keep quiet in public places? Does fairness in a plural society require it? Must the expression of religious belief be so authoritarian as to threaten civil peace? Do we need translation into ''secular'' language, or should we try to manage polyglot conversation? How neutral is …
Religious Voices in Public Places
E-bok, 2009
1577 kr
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Must religious voices keep quiet in public places? Does fairness in a plural society require it? Must the expression of religious belief be so authoritarian as to threaten civil peace? Do we need translation into ''secular'' language, or should we try to manage polyglot conversation? How neutral is …
In Defence of War
Av Nigel Biggar
E-bok, 2013
343 kr
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Pacifism is popular. Many hold that war is unnecessary, since peaceful means of resolving conflict are always available, if only we had the will to look for them. Or they believe that war is wicked, essentially involving hatred of the enemy and carelessness of human life. Or they posit the absolute …
In Defence of War
Av Nigel Biggar
E-bok, 2013
343 kr
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Pacifism is popular. Many hold that war is unnecessary, since peaceful means of resolving conflict are always available, if only we had the will to look for them. Or they believe that war is wicked, essentially involving hatred of the enemy and carelessness of human life. Or they posit the absolute …
What's Wrong with Rights?
Av Nigel Biggar
E-bok, 2020
228 kr
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Are natural rights ''nonsense on stilts'', as Jeremy Bentham memorably put it? Must the very notion of a right be individualistic, subverting the common good? Should the right against torture be absolute, even though the heavens fall? Are human rights universal or merely expressions of Western …
What's Wrong with Rights?
Av Nigel Biggar
E-bok, 2020
228 kr
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Are natural rights ''nonsense on stilts'', as Jeremy Bentham memorably put it? Must the very notion of a right be individualistic, subverting the common good? Should the right against torture be absolute, even though the heavens fall? Are human rights universal or merely expressions of Western …
What's Wrong with Rights?
Av Nigel Biggar
Häftad, 2022
310 kr
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Are natural rights 'nonsense on stilts', as Jeremy Bentham memorably put it? Must the very notion of a right be individualistic, subverting the common good? Should the right against torture be absolute, even though the heavens fall? Are human rights universal or merely expressions of Western …
The Hastening that Waits
Karl Barth's Ethics
Av Nigel Biggar
Häftad, 1995
1078 kr
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A fresh and up-to-date account of the ethical thought of one of the twentieth century's greatest theologians, Karl Barth. Dr Biggar recovers Barth's ethics from some widespread misunderstandings, and goes on to relate Barth's ideas to many of the central issues debated in contemporary Christian …
The Hastening that Waits
Karl Barth's Ethics
Av Nigel Biggar
Inbunden, 1993
968 kr
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This book offers a fresh and up-to-date account of the ethical thought of one of the twentieth century's greatest theologians: Karl Barth. In it, the author seeks to recover Barth's ethics from some widespread misunderstandings, and also presents a picture of it as a whole. Drawing on recently …
What's Wrong with Rights?
Av Nigel Biggar
Inbunden, 2020
585 kr
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Are natural rights 'nonsense on stilts', as Jeremy Bentham memorably put it? Must the very notion of a right be individualistic, subverting the common good? Should the right against torture be absolute, even though the heavens fall? Are human rights universal or merely expressions of Western …
Religious Voices in Public Places
Inbunden, 2009
2948 kr
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Must religious voices keep quiet in public places? Does fairness in a plural society require it? Must the expression of religious belief be so authoritarian as to threaten civil peace? Do we need translation into 'secular' language, or should we try to manage polyglot conversation? How neutral is …
In Defence of War
Av Nigel Biggar
Inbunden, 2013
1042 kr
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Pacifism is popular. Many hold that war is unnecessary, since peaceful means of resolving conflict are always available, if only we had the will to look for them. Or they believe that war is wicked, essentially involving hatred of the enemy and carelessness of human life. Or they posit the absolute …
Between Kin and Cosmopolis
An Ethic of the Nation
Av Nigel Biggar
Häftad, 2014
300 kr
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A challenging theological study of modern nationalism and the nation-state, evaluated from the viewpoint of Christian ethics.The nation-state is here to stay. Thirty years ago it was fashionable to predict its imminent demise, but the sudden break-up of the Soviet Union in the 1990s unshackled …
Aiming to Kill
The Ethics of Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Av Nigel Biggar
Häftad, 2003
341 kr
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Cities of Gods
Faith, Politics and Pluralism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Av Nigel Biggar, William Schweiker m. fl.
Inbunden, 1986
855 kr
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In this fertile collection of essays, prominent theologians, philosophers, historians, and social scientists explore the mutual entanglements of religious identity with political activity in religiously plural societies. Four essays are devoted to each of the three great religions of The Book, …
Revival of Natural Law
Philosophical, Theological and Ethical Responses to the Finnis-Grisez School
Inbunden, 2000
3168 kr
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Natural law theory has been enjoying a significant revival in recent times. Led by Germain Grisez in the USA and John Finnis in the UK, one school of thinkers has been articulating a highly developed system of natural law built upon a sophisticated account of practical reasoning and a rich and …
Behaving in Public
How to Do Christian Ethics
Av Nigel Biggar
Häftad, 2011
229 kr
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Opens up a way forward for Christian ethics in the public sphere Too often, says Nigel Biggar, contemporary Christian ethics poses a false choice -- either "conservative" theological integrity or "liberal" secular consensus. Behaving in Public explains both why and how Christians should resist …
Burying the Past
Making Peace and Doing Justice After Civil Conflict, Expanded and Updated Edition
Av Nigel Biggar
Häftad, 2003
350 kr
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No one can deny how September 11, 2001, has altered our understandings of "Peace" and "Justice" and "Civil Conflict." Those have become words with startling new life in our vocabularies. Yet "making" peace and "doing" justice must remain challenges that are among the highest callings of …
Revival of Natural Law
Philosophical, Theological and Ethical Responses to the Finnis-Grisez School
Häftad, 2016
925 kr
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Natural law theory has been enjoying a significant revival in recent times. Led by Germain Grisez in the USA and John Finnis in the UK, one school of thinkers has been articulating a highly developed system of natural law built upon a sophisticated account of practical reasoning and a rich and …
Revival of Natural Law
Philosophical, Theological and Ethical Responses to the Finnis-Grisez School
E-bok, 2017
1091 kr
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Natural law theory has been enjoying a significant revival in recent times. Led by Germain Grisez in the USA and John Finnis in the UK, one school of thinkers has been articulating a highly developed system of natural law built upon a sophisticated account of practical reasoning and a rich and …
