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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As New Year Is Underway, Media Meme Emerging: Is Francis Fever Breaking?
As this first full week of the new year ends, an interesting meme I see emerging in the media: Francis fever may be breaking. At least, a little bit. Read more
Posted on 10 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the News: Little Sisters of Poor Vs. Obama, Frank Cocozzelli's Coughie...
The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on FacebookNow a grab-bag of news items and articles that have caught my attention in recent... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "If We Accept, As a Sort of Constraint,...
The first Catholic birdcage dropping I've found particularly noteworthy as the new year gets underway:In the Commonweal thread discussing Eduardo Moisés... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Former Irish President Mary McAleese Calls on Catholic Church to Face "Herd of...
There's considerable discussion at various news sites right now of a lecture that former Irish President Mary McAleese gave to the Royal Society of Edinburgh... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Suspension of Comments by National Catholic Reporter: An Update
My posting Monday noting that National Catholic Reporter had suspended comments due to a proliferation of "vile and demeaning" discourse at some threads at the... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Vatican Spokesperson on Francis and Gays: No "Opening to Gay Couples" with Pope...
I have not referred yet to another remark Pope Francis made (pdf file) in his meeting with some 120 (male) religious superiors last November--the meeting I've... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Eduardo Moises Peñalver on Latest Firing of Gay Catholic Teacher, Mark Zmuda:...
I appreciate the work that Eduardo Moisés Peñalver has been doing at the Commonweal website to invite Catholics of the comfortable center to think (and talk... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Novelist Sue Monk Kidd on Empathy and Seeing World from Bottom Up: Echoes of Pop...
Pope Francis has stated (pdf file),I am convinced of one thing: the great changes in history were realized when reality was seen not from the center but rather... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Mary Hunt on What Worries Her About Francis: "Substantive Structural and...
In a new essay at Religion Dispatches, theologian Mary Hunt discusses three puzzles that she's trying to make sense of as she looks at the Francis phenomenon an... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
National Catholic Reporter Suspends Comments After Weekend of "Vile and...
A brief footnote to my posting last Friday about the "food for worms" response to a eulogy of Father Bob Nugent of New Ways Ministry: Significant conversation... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Rebecca Solnit on the Arc of Justice and the Long Run: "Everyone Has a Genealogy"
Rebecca Solnit's new essay at The Nation about the arc of justice and the long run is illuminating. She writes, Henry David Thoreau wrote books that not many... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis and the Clerical System: Jerry Slevin on Lay Catholics and Making...
Yesterday, I asked about Pope Francis and his reform of the Catholic church: "Will he continue the disastrous decision of his two predecessors to hinge the... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Another Prediction for 2014: Talk of the Dying of Catholicism Even as Lay-Led...
Another prediction I'd be willing to go out onto a limb and make as the new year begins: we will be hearing more in this year about the death of the Catholic... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis Speaks of Joy as Leitmotiv of Gospel-Oriented Life, Some Catholics...
And so how does it come to this as 2014 begins, I ask myself? A new pope issues an apostolic exhortation which says that joy is the leitmotiv of the Christian... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Provocative Political/Religious Cartoons, First Week of New Year
And some equally smart political or religion-oriented cartoons that have caught my eye in the first week of the new year:From George Takei's Facebook feed (I... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Provocative One-Liners from News, First Week of 2014
Provocative one-liners from smart news commentary or articles I read this past week:Abby Zimet: A mere 20 or so years ago, all of it - the angry reporting of th... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
An Example of Discourse That Should Be Ruled Out at Catholic Blog Sites: At NCR...
I never know if folks think I'm exaggerating or not when I address the problem of outright anti-gay hate speech on Catholic blog sites. Read more
Posted on 03 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "Biggest Impact of the New Pope on American Politics Will Be...
On new year's eve, I wrote that the super-rich elites who are the handlers of the Republican party and of U.S. Catholic bishops allied with the GOP who are in... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
An Appeal from New Ways Ministry: Write Pope Francis and Ask Him to Stand with...
As a footnote to what I have just published, in which I contrasted Pope Francis's Christmas and new year's silence on the threat gay folks pose to . . .... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
New Year's Omnigatherum: Pope; Catholic Blogs and Hate Speech; 10 Best and...
You know what was nice (and remarkable about) this past Christmas and new year's day? We didn't hear a peep from Pope Francis about how the gays represent a... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY