William Lindsey
I'm a theologian who writes about the interplay of belief and culture, spirituality and its connection to social activism, challenging the religious right's claim to own God, calling the churches to accountability for injustice to LGBT persons, creating dialogue with anyone who wants to build a more humane world, and stopping bullying of LGBT youth in schools.
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Bilgrimage
http://www.bilgrimage.blogspot.com/
Me on pilgrimage, sharing my journey to hope's horizon . . . . I'm a theologian who writes about the interplay of belief and culture, spirituality and its connection to social activism, challenging the religious right's claim to own God, calling the churches to accountability for injustice to LGBT persons, creating dialogue with anyone who wants to build a more humane world, and stopping bullying of LGBT youth in schools.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 3425 )
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Catholic Boy Blues: Indiana Poet Laureate Norbert Krapf Deals with Legacy of...
I was a victim-survivor of childhood sexual abuse by a priest, in a German-Catholic community in southern Indiana. That for twenty years after the abuse took... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "I Think You Have to Be Environmentally...
I never cease to be amazed at the quality of some of the comments (and writing) right here at Bilgrimage. As far as I'm concerned, some of the best writing on... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "Said Another Way: Sexism Affords As Much Bondage As Racism"
Delores Williams, Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1993):Many black women in the African-American... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
I Listen to Facebook Conversations of Younger Catholics: I Get An Earful About...
I've mentioned before, I think, that I have a number of Facebook friends who stand considerably to the right of me when it comes to matters Catholic. I'm not... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Wil Gafney on Rape Culture, Kidnapping of Nigerian Schoolgirls, and the Bible:"...
I find Wil Gafney's approach to the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls to force the girls into rape-marriage illuminating. Gafney's essay is at Religion... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Maggie Gallagher Admits Defeat (But Not Really)
Isn't it fascinating that Maggie Gallagher can't quite seem to grasp — still, at this late date, after she admits that her nasty anti-gay politics have failed t... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Reader Writes: "I Wonder WHY the Murder Rate Is Higher in States That Allow...
Yesterday, in response to my posting about the botched (and barbaric) execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma several days ago, a_leah asked, "I'm opposed to... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Terry Weldon at Queering the Church on the Experience of Gay Catholics (and His...
And speaking of gay Christians from whom I've learned a great deal: don't miss yesterday's posting by Terry Weldon at his Queering the Church blog site. Read more
Posted on 02 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ex-Gay Activist Peterson Toscano Launches New Blog: Combining Climate Change...
I'd like to recommend a blog to all of you today — a blog that's not new, but a newly launched version of a blog that has always been in my list of recommended... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Note About Last Sunday's Tornadoes
And, finally, the recent devastating storms in my neck of the woods: I hadn't planned on posting about them, since what can I say except that Steve and I and ou... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis on John Paul II As "the Pope of the Family" and the Synod on the...
I'm bending your ears today with a plethora of postings, but before I stop talking for the morning (and I do have yet another posting after this to share), I... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Brief Takes from Week's News: Palin and Baptism, Brendan Eich and Double...
Brief takes from the week's news on Sarah Palin and her comparison of water-boarding to baptism, on Brendan Eich and double standards, and on the gays, the... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Brief Takes from Week's News: Race Matters
Brief takes from the week's news on race matters (and on how race matters), in light of the stories of Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling (which is to say, brief... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Brief Takes from Week's News: Oklahoma and "The Very Definition of Cruel and...
Brief takes from commentary in the past several days on the horrifying botched execution in Oklahoma:New York Times: This horrific scene — the very definition o... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for the Day: "If His Pontificate Has an Agenda, It Is the One Martini...
Paul Elie in The Atlantic: John Paul and Benedict led the Church for 35 years. Decade after decade, they opposed the currents in modern life that they felt... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Inequality Is the Root of Social Evil": The Piketty Debate
I was glad to note yesterday that Chris Morley and and Jerry Slevin brought up Thomas Piketty's best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century in a threa... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Three Short Takes on Day of Four Popes: "If Every Pope Is a Saint, Who Could Dar...
Though you're probably thoroughly weary of the topic, three more short takes on the day of four popes that I find worth reading:Michael Coogan for Yale Books... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
David Clohessy for SNAP: Twice-Arrested Priest in St. Louis Still Being...
I'd like to point readers today to David Clohessy's posting at the SNAP blog site about the small but loud bunch of Catholics rallying around Father Joseph Jian... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Beverly Wildung Harrison on Connections Between Racism and Misogyny, and Story o...
Recently, when I wrote about Andrew Sullivan's take on Jonathan Rauch's essay calling for special tolerance for those who oppose same-sex marriage out of sincer... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Is It Just Me, Or Do Things Feel Really Depressed Right Now, Following the Day o...
Is it just me, or do things feel really depressed right now, following the big papal circus of the day of the four popes? I had thought that the big papal circu... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY