Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning
Nigel Biggar
William Collins, £25, 480 pages
Nigel Biggar’s Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning must rank as one of the most controversial books published this year. So contentious that its existence was temporarily uncertain after Biggar’s original publisher cancelled his contract, citing unfavourable “public feeling”. The greater controversy should be why a book by an Oxford theologian, which is at once reasonable, balanced and respectful, should have proven so provocative.
