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David Bennett


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Christian, Religion, Gay and Lesbian

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N.T. Wright, Alan Torrance, Sarah Coakley ...more


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David comes from Sydney, Australia where he studied journalism and then international relations. He moved to Oxford to pursue his studies in theology and train as an apologist from a skeptical, atheist background as an anti-Christian gay activist. David now holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in theology from Oxford, a master’s degree in theology from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and is now completing his doctorate (DPhil) in theology at Oxford. He specialises in the relationship between queer theory, asceticism and contemporary Anglican theology, especially ethics, and the role of desire in knowing God. He’s in the process of discerning ...more

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“I also saw that he, along with countless others in the church, had fallen prey to our culture’s idolatry of romantic love. To him, the litmus test of human flourishing was sexual expression in marriage.”
― David Bennett, A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus
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“If I could leave everyone in this room with one message, it’s that human marriage between one man and one woman is just a reflection of a more fundamental marriage. That’s the one between Jesus and his church. There is no sexual or gender minority group, no religious group, that’s not invited to his wedding.”
― David Bennett, A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus
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“God waits to be wanted. —A. W. Tozer”
― David Bennett, A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus
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