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Nigel Biggar
Nigel John Biggar, Baron Biggar (born 14 March 1955) is a British Anglican priest, theologian, ethicist, and life peer. From 2007 to 2022, he was Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford.
Nigel John Biggar was born on 14 March 1955 in Castle Douglas, Scotland.
He was educated at Monkton Combe School, a private school near Bath, Somerset. He studied modern history at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976. As per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts degree in 1988.
Biggar attended the University of Chicago, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in religious studies in 1980; and the evangelical Regent College in Vancouver, graduating with a Master of Christian Studies in 1981. He returned to the University of Chicago to study for his doctorate in Christian theology and completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1986.
On his return to Oxford in 1985, Biggar became librarian and research fellow at Latimer House, a conservative evangelical think tank in Oxford. He additionally taught Christian ethics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, from 1987 to 1994.
He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1990 and as a priest in 1991, though he has never held a post in a parish church. For most of the 1990s, he was chaplain and fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. In 1999, he took the Chair of Theology at the University of Leeds, and in 2004, he moved to the Chair of Theology and Ethics at Trinity College, Dublin.
In 2007, he became Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford. He also became a canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. He retired in September 2022.
In 2017, Biggar initiated a five-year project at Oxford University, entitled "Ethics and Empire". Its stated aim was to scrutinise critiques against the historical facts of Empire. Historians and academics widely criticised the project, claiming that it was "attempting to balance out the violence committed in the name of empire with its supposed benefits". The project also received criticism for failing to engage with the wider scholarship on empire and not submitting itself to peer scrutiny and rigorous academic debate.
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Nigel Biggar
Nigel John Biggar, Baron Biggar (born 14 March 1955) is a British Anglican priest, theologian, ethicist, and life peer. From 2007 to 2022, he was Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford.
Nigel John Biggar was born on 14 March 1955 in Castle Douglas, Scotland.
He was educated at Monkton Combe School, a private school near Bath, Somerset. He studied modern history at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976. As per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts degree in 1988.
Biggar attended the University of Chicago, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in religious studies in 1980; and the evangelical Regent College in Vancouver, graduating with a Master of Christian Studies in 1981. He returned to the University of Chicago to study for his doctorate in Christian theology and completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1986.
On his return to Oxford in 1985, Biggar became librarian and research fellow at Latimer House, a conservative evangelical think tank in Oxford. He additionally taught Christian ethics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, from 1987 to 1994.
He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1990 and as a priest in 1991, though he has never held a post in a parish church. For most of the 1990s, he was chaplain and fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. In 1999, he took the Chair of Theology at the University of Leeds, and in 2004, he moved to the Chair of Theology and Ethics at Trinity College, Dublin.
In 2007, he became Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford. He also became a canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. He retired in September 2022.
In 2017, Biggar initiated a five-year project at Oxford University, entitled "Ethics and Empire". Its stated aim was to scrutinise critiques against the historical facts of Empire. Historians and academics widely criticised the project, claiming that it was "attempting to balance out the violence committed in the name of empire with its supposed benefits". The project also received criticism for failing to engage with the wider scholarship on empire and not submitting itself to peer scrutiny and rigorous academic debate.