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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Patricia Miller: Vatican Itself Argued That Sexual Abuse of Children Is a...
Patricia Miller at Religion Dispatches on the Vatican's perfervid response (echoed by centrist media commentators) to the U.N. Read more
Posted on 06 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Times Editorial on U.N. and Vatican, Plus Vatican Apologists Begin Their Spin:...
An editorial in todays's New York Times responds to the U.N. report on the Vatican’s handling of the abuse crisis in the Catholic church. Read more
Posted on 06 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As the Games Begin: Three Videos to Remind Us of What's Really Happening in...
As the Sochi Olympics begin, three videos to remind us of what's happening in Russia outside the bright lights of the carefully managed spectacle--and (third... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Footnote to Report of German Bishops to Vatican in Preparation for Synod on...
A footnote to my posting yesterday about the report of the German bishops to the Vatican about the results of the Vatican survey in preparation for the Synod... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
United Nations Releases Scathing Report on Handling of Abuse Crisis by Catholic...
The United Nations Committee on Protection of the Rights of the Child has now released its report (pdf file) following the Vatican's grilling (and here) by... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Sandra Fluke's Rise to Political Stardom...
This is one of the stinky ones:Sandra Fluke's rise to political stardom was something of a fluke itself. We know about her because Rush Limbaugh called her a... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "What Else Does This Group of Religious Boys Have in Common?"
Fred Clark at Slacktivist:A bunch of conservative evangelical boys, including Rick Warren and whoever’s left at the Manhattan Declaration, have filed an amicus... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Maps Worth 1,000 Words: States and Gay Rights
Three maps, 1,000 words:Steve Benen at Maddow Blog:Niraj Chokshi for Washington Post:Marketplace.org on 2012 elections: The graphic, "A Picture Is Worth a... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In United Methodist Church, "Ecclesiastical Disobedience Is on the Rise" Over...
For the New Yorker, Casey N. Cep reports that the United Methodist Church is deeply divided over the issue of full inclusion of LGBTI members in the life of... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Jessica Valenti on Choosing Comfort Over Truth and Woody Allen Story
Jessica Valenti says that she has come to the conclusion that when we make excuses for particular, powerful men who hurt women, we make the world more... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Abortions at Lowest Level Since 1973: Reason? Increasing Access to Contraceptives
In news that is not at all unrelated to what I've just posted about the views of lay Catholics regarding Catholic magisterial teaching on issues like... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
German Bishops Release Results of Survey for Synod on Family: "Rarely Has an...
Yesterday, the Catholic bishops of Germany made public the results of the survey of lay Catholics mandated by the Vatican in preparation for the Synod on the... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Angela Bonavoglia's To-Do-List on Women for Pope Francis, with Theological...
At Huffington Post, Angela Bonavoglia has published a very fine open letter to Pope Francis entitled "For Pope Francis: A To-Do List for Women. Read more
Posted on 04 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Scott Lentine on Living with Autism: "Can't You See?"
About a year ago, I pointed readers of Bilgrimage to a blog by an amazing young man, Scott Lentine. Scott lives with autism, and has become an apostle of sorts... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
European Court of Human Rights Finds Irish Government Responsible for Abuse of...
In many cultures in which the sexual abuse of children is only now coming to the fore as an issue for public discussion, authority figures repeatedly engage in ... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Dylan Farrow's Story of Childhood Abuse by Woody Allen: Mainstreaming...
In today's New York Times, Michael Cieply asks whether moral judgments will increasingly color the decisions that Oscar voters make when they cast their votes o... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
John Corvino, What's Wrong with Homosexuality?: "A Risky Lifestyle" (4)
Another excerpt from John Corvino's book What's Wrong with Homosexuality? (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013)--this one sums up his chapter on the "harm argument" which... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Father Tom Doyle Responds to Cardinal George: "What Is It They Did Not Know...
Father Thomas DoyleI received Father Thomas Doyle's outstanding rebuttal to the claims of Chicago Cardinal Francis George about his dioceses's handling of the... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton on Abuse Crisis: "The Real Way and the Only Way" to...
I have a dream this morning: that Pope Francis might choose to listen to Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and not whatever dreadful handlers (Carl Anderson?) he's now... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Getting Better Under Francis? Exorcist Bishop Thomas Paprocki and Loco Parentis
Yesterday, after Chris Morley posted a link to Bishop Paprocki's recent interview (link opens to a video) with Lifesite News (the clip at the head of the... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY