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 Blogger Asks Why Gays Don't Feel the Love When Christians Hold Forth Re...
At the Dominicana blog site, Dominican brother Dominic Mary Verner asks why many gay folks often perceive the love of Christians opposing marriage equality as... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Bishop Gene Robinson to Christians Who Feel They're Victims of the Gays: Here's...
Gene Robinson to Christians who claim the gays have victimized them:Here’s what victimization looks like: every day, especially in some places, LGBT people... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
New York Times "Retro Report" on "The Shame of the Church"
What did you think, those of you who watched the Al Jazeera America "Holy Money" documentary last evening? And the video documentaries just keep coming: the... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on Talking About Hypotheticals and Ignoring Real-Life Human Beings: USCCB...
Last week, I blogged about the waning moral credibility of a major religious tradition that has come to focus much of its moral analysis on hypotheticals--on... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Mormon Mother's Testimony: "My Religion Didn’t Teach Me How to Love. Jordan...
Today's my birthday, and Steve has a birthday lunch planned for me at a Chinese restaurant we both love. So I'm going to take a little breather from blogging... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote of the Day: "Let's Start with How This Affects Real People"
I love the opening line of Fred Clark's last posting today at Slacktivist:Let’s start with how this affects real people.Fred's talking about how the white... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
On the "Tipping Point" Metaphor, Gay Rights, and the Notion of Progress
Some of you pressed me this week (and here and here) about what it means to say American culture is at a "tipping point" regarding questions of gay rights. You... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Highly Recommended: Al-Jazeera America Documentary, "Holy Money," 30 March, 9...
I'd like to bring to your attention a documentary that will air tomorrow evening on the Al-Jazeera America network: "Holy Money," an investigation of the... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Why Hobby Lobby and the Koch Brothers Will Likely Prevail with the Supremes: Hin...
You do realize, don't you, that Hobby Lobby and the Koch brothers will almost certainly win the Supreme Court case? If the Supreme Court (as it's currently... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
End of Week News Clips: World Vision and Marriage in Michigan
Elizabeth Drescher, "World Vision Rescinds Decision to Employ LGBT Marrieds":"The power of moneyed people, connected people cannot be underestimated," said... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
End of Week News Clips: Hobby Lobby and Supremes
Simon Maloy, "GOP's Toxic Contraception Politics: Why Being the Party of 'Uncle Sugar' Will Doom Them": While they say "religious liberty," the heart of this... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Hobby Lobby Case: Questions About the Waning Credibility of Catholic Moral...
So, thank you for the many insightful comments affirming a central point of my last posting: that is, that I'm not simply imagining that we're at some kind of... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
I Am Here -- A Hard Week
I am here, folks. It has been a hard week. I blogged a week ago about the choice of National Catholic Reporter to scrub a comment I made at that site when I... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Fred Phelps's Death and the Gospel Proclamation of God's Unlimited Love
"The heart that breaks open contains the whole universe" ~ Joanna Macey.Fred Phelps has died.I believe that everyone--everyone, without exception--passes from... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Cardinal Egan Slated to Preside at Children's Choir Mass, SNAP Calls Foul, Egan'...
I just wrote about a recent situation in which watchdog groups drew attention to an egregious misuse of "Catholic" beliefs, with a positive outcome to the... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In Catholic News: Austin Ruse's Call for Violence, Censorship of Sister Teresa...
As Sister Joan Chittister says in her recent stellar statement now running at the National Catholic Reporter website (to which I pointed yesterday), it... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "I Think You Are An Abomination, But,...
At Commonweal, Abe Rosenzweig tries to help Chicago deacon Jim Pauwels understand that gays and African Americans are people, as Pauwels defends "religious... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Mid-Week Short Takes: "Religious Freedom" and Gay Discrimination, Advice for Pop...
Sister Joan Chittister hits the ball out of the park with an impassioned plea to us to remember that, when we allow "religious" people to claim a "right" to hat... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Two Takes on "Religious Freedom" Debate About "Rights" of Florists and Bakers...
Nathaniel Frank on the absurdity of the argument that opposing gay marriage is rational, while it's irrational to oppose interracial marriage:The obvious... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As I Promised: My Perspective on the "Religious Freedom" Argument That...
Okay, I’m going to bite the bullet and write (again) about the “religious freedom” argument that Christian florists and Christian bakers who object to selling... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY