When one forgets the distinction between method and truth, one becomes foolishly prone to respond to any question that cannot be answered from the va…

- David Bentley

It is true that a great deal of the rhetoric of the new atheism is often just the confessional rote of materialist fundamentalism (which, like all fu…

- David Bentley

The truth of no truths becomes, inevitably, truth: a way of naming being, language, and culture that guards the boundaries of thought against claims …

- David Bentley

This is the path of prayer-contemplative prayer, that is, as distinct from simple prayers of supplication and thanksgiving-which is a specific discip…

- David Bentley

For Thomas Traherne (c. 1636-1674), one of the sanest men who ever lived, to see the world with the eyes of innocence, and so to see it pervaded by a…

- David Bentley

The mind unlearned in reverence, says Bonaventure (1221-1274), is in danger of becoming so captivated by the spectacle of beings as to be altogether …

- David Bentley

Does religious conviction provide a powerful reason for killing? Undeniably it often does. It also often provides the sole compelling reason for refu…

- David Bentley

We feel unbeatable at Ewood Park - even when we play away

- David Bentley

I see the booing as a nice bit of banter and at least it means the fans aren't bored. It's quality. I enjoy it to be honest and I'm getting it even m…

- David Bentley