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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Placing Pope Francis's Remarks About a Theology of Women Against the Backdrop...
Sister Ivone GebaraOne of the themes that emerged in Pope Francis's anniversary interview this week was the question of the place of women in the Catholic... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Selection of Responses to Pope Francis's Anniversary Remarks About the Abuse...
A selection of responses to Pope Francis's anniversary remarks about the abuse crisis and the Catholic church:Father Tom Doyle, National Catholic Reporter: In... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "A Majority of Respondents in a Recent...
Donald Snyder, "The Indelible Stain of Hate," National Catholic Reporter: A majority of respondents in a recent Polish national survey believe there’s a Jewish... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Kansas Catholic Conference Still Defending "Right" of Private Businesses to...
As Sarah Posner points out for Religion Dispatches today, even after the demise of Arizona's anti-gay bill, state Catholic conferences still continue to push fo... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The "Find Another Baker/Florist" Argument and Arizona "Religious Freedom"...
A persistent refrain of conservative commentators both defending and critiquing the recent anti-gay legislation in Arizona and Kansas has been that gay folks... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis on Civil Unions--and Why My Ears Aren't Listening (The Catholic...
I did, of course, see what Pope Francis said about civil unions in the interview marking his first-year anniversary as pope about which I blogged yesterday. Read more
Posted on 06 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Lenten Commitment: "This Spiritual Atrocity of Abuse Will Not Be Done in My...
A quote from Ruth Krall's Elephants in God's Living Room series of online books, which, to my way of thinking, provides both a powerful theme for Lenten... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis on Anniversary of His Election: Catholic Church "Has Done So Much"...
Today, Corriere della Sera (Milan) and La Nación (Buenos Aires) published an interview in which Pope Francis reflects on his first year as pope. Joshua McElwee... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ash Wednesday Meditation: Ivone Gebara on the Communtarian Dimension of the Cross
Today's Ash Wednesday, a day in which some Christian liturgical traditions limn crosses of ash on the foreheads of the faithful, to challenge them to remember... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Concluding Look at John Corvino's What's Wrong with Homosexuality?: The Fork i...
I promised you all a final overview statement about John Corvino's outstanding book What's Wrong with Homosexuality? (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013) after I'd finishe... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Liberation Theology Founder Gustavo Gutiérrez on Legacy of Popes John Paul II an...
The Iglesia Descalza blog offers an English translation of an interview with the founder of Latin American liberation theology, Gustavo Gutiérrez, summarized... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Delores Williams on Black Womanist Theology, the Cross, and the Rape and...
Delores S. Williams, Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1993):Rape is defilement, and defilement means wanton... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Arranging the Terms of Our Surrender and Admitting What We Don't Know About the...
Three short takes from articles published online in the past several days:As we negotiate the terms of our surrender, we must remember this: So being... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The "Religious Liberty" Crusade Against Gay Rights: Making the Connections,...
For those seeking information about which particular groups have been pushing the "religious liberty" legislation targeting gay folks in various states in the... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Fusion of Religion and Politics: A 19th-Century Southern Republican Leader...
Some days lately, I have to pinch myself to remember that I'm living in the 21st century--as a vocal minority of American citizens demands theocratic control... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Reader Writes: Absence of Empathy and Stepford Mannequins in Catholic...
Earlier this week, when I featured two snapshots of the response of the Catholic hierarchy to the abuse crisis which suggest that this response has frequently... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More Brief Takes from Week's News: Pope Francis, Catholic Reform, and...
More brief takes from the past week's news--these focusing on discussions of Pope Francis and the Vatican:Common Dreams notes the surprising invitation this wee... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Brief Takes from Week's News: "Religious Liberty" Debate and Laws Targeting Gays
Some short takes from this week's news--these are about the "religious liberty" debate and laws targeting gay citizens: Steve Benen notes that the recent PRRI... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
John Corvino, What's Wrong with Homosexuality?: "Man on Man, Man on Dog, Or...
In the midst of my continued nursing duties (and with warm gratitude to the many of you who left expressions of concern after I posted about Steve's illness... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Blog Slowdown--Nursing Duties
Dear Friends,I may be behinder than usual in acknowledging your much-appreciated comments here for the next day or so. We've spent an anxious night and morning... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY