Dark Ops ProvCast Ep. 2: The Horror or the Glory? The Thin Red Line, 20 Years Later
In Providence’s latest Dark Ops podcast, Executive Editor Marc LiVecche sits down with Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology Nigel Biggar to discuss The Thin Red Line, a 1998 war film.
Nigel BiggarJanuary 7, 2019
What’s Hounding Baskerville?
On reading Stephen Baskerville’s view of Brexit and its wake, I hear the sound of an axe grinding. I can’t tell what the axe is, but its grinding is loud and unmistakeable: it sounds through a relentless lack of charity. Quite what’s hounding Dr Baskerville, I do not know and will not presume to speculate. But the distorting effects are right up-front, and I must gainsay them.
Nigel BiggarAugust 17, 2016
Evaluating the Somme
The carnage one hundred years ago on the Somme was appalling. And because of Haig’s excessive strategic ambition, it was inefficiently appalling. But that didn’t make it futile.
Nigel BiggarJuly 18, 2016
Less Hegel, More History! Christian Ethics and Political Realities
Christian ethicists should read less moral theology and political philosophy and more history.
Nigel BiggarMay 18, 2016
