Its director is Nigel Biggar,[1] Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology.
The current McDonald Fellow for Christian Ethics & Public Life is John Perry.
In 2017, the McDonald Centre attracted controversy after receiving funding from Oxford University for its project Ethics and Empire,[2][3] which Director Nigel Biggar said aimed to "pay careful attention to the historical variety of things that empire can be, and work out a more sophisticated way of evaluating them morally.” In response, more than 170 scholars of imperialism signed a joint letter condemning Oxford University's support for the project.
The signatories stated that “We are not surprised that such an approach should be recuperated by Prof Biggar – a long-time apologist for colonialism – but we are alarmed that the University of Oxford should invest resources in this project.”[4]
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