Nigel Biggar, a recently retired professor of theology at Oxford University, has never shunned controversy, as the title of one of his books, In Defence of War , suggests. In this week’s column, I’d like to examine an article of his, “ A Christian Defense of American Empire ,” that appeared in the October 2022 issue of First Things . As you might
Governing Least: A New England Libertarianism by Dan Moller Oxford University Press, 2021; xii + 326 pp. Dan Moller’s thoughtful book is packed with arguments, and in what follows I’ll be able to discuss only a few points of interest. The central thread of the book concerns the welfare state in contemporary capitalist societies. Moller is not a
Nigel Biggar, profesor de teología de la Universidad de Oxford recientemente jubilado, nunca ha rehuido la polémica, como sugiere el título de uno de sus libros, En defensa de la guerra . En la columna de esta semana, me gustaría examinar un artículo suyo, « A Christian Defense of American Empire » , que apareció en el número de octubre de 2022 de
Governing Least: A New England Libertarianism por Dan Moller Oxford University Press, 2021; xii + 326 pp. El reflexivo libro de Dan Moller está repleto de argumentos, y en lo que sigue sólo podré comentar algunos puntos de interés. El hilo conductor del libro se refiere al Estado benefactor en las sociedades capitalistas contemporáneas. Moller no
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