William Lindsey
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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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Gay Rights and the Challenge of 2015: The Price Gay Citizens Pay for Continued...
Something else that matters to me as the turbulent year of 2014 ends and a new year begins: the challenge of combating deeply entrenched injustice against LGBT... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Black Lives Matter and the Challenge of 2015: Some Recent Articles for Your...
Why no national coverage of the funerals of the police officers killed by the #TeaParty cop killers? pic.twitter.com/UW9zlPBuDh— Truth Teller (@TheTruth1011)... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Damon Linker on the Foolish Cruelty of Catholic Conservatives Who Want Gays to...
Conservative commentator Damon Linker gets the foolish cruelty of Catholic conservatives who want gay people to disappear absolutely right in his column in The... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis in the News: Media Memes and Informed Commentary (There's a...
Perhaps you haven't noticed, but Pope Francis has been in the news lately. A lot. Headlines yesterday about his scolding of the Vatican Curia ranged from... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Reader Writes: For Younger Catholics, Keeping the Faith Sometimes Means Leaving...
In a brilliant essay-comment here several days ago, Annika explains powerfully why some younger Catholics are forced to distance themselves from the Catholic... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "One of the Most Creative Things That’s...
James Carroll in a recent interview with Michael Schulson:One of the most creative things that’s happened to the Catholic Church in America has been this vast... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "White Christians Are Conflicted About Whether to Identify with...
Peter Laarman on the top five toxic religion stories of 2014:All polls suggest that white Americans are satisfied with what we might call formal equal justice o... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Sweet Honey in the Rock Sings "Silent Night" — With Reminders of Michael Brown...
If Leonardo Boff is correct (and surely he is) when he maintains that we can't celebrate Christmas adequately around our inclusive family tables without... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As Christmas Nears: Leonardo Boff on Christmas Celebration as Celebration of...
I've blogged a number of times here in the past (e.g., here, here, here, here, and here) about how scripture scholars are strongly convinced that the... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Gay-Bashing Suspects in Philadelphia to Be Formally Arraigned: Update on Previou...
Remember those young folks in Philadelphia, all graduates of the same Catholic high school, who were charged this past September after they beat a gay couple... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Vatican Report on U.S. Nuns: Valuable Commentary by Joan Chittister, Christine...
Some brief excerpts of responses to the Vatican report on American women religious that have struck me as well worth reading:Joan Chittister maintains that the... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Jerry Slevin on Pope Francis's "Huge Papal Mistake" in Not Placing Father...
At his Christian Catholicism site, Jerry Slevin argues that Pope Francis is making "a huge papal mistake" and "exhibiting his papal fallibility" by passing... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Christmas and the Empty Crib: Recent Catholic Commentary on the Broken Church
What am I doing as Christmas approaches, besides baking cookies, fruitcakes, and cheese straws, you ask? And keeping the house running and in decent order as... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Hurrier I Go, Behinder I Get: Apologies Re: Acknowledging Comments Here
As you all may have noticed, I'm yet again behind with acknowledging recent comments here, and I may, in fact, not find time in the next few days to get to... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Amanda Marcotte on How Conservative American Christians Frequently Choose the...
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice ~ Martin Luther King.Here's the opening paragraph of an essay by Amanda Marcotte you really d... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Torture Report (and Responses of U.S. Christians): Some Short Takes
Sure, George Bush Dick Cheney tortured people, but at least they didn't try to get working people health insurance. #TortureReport— Chris Rock (@ozchrisrock)... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Vatican Report on American Nuns: Some Short Takes
A few short takes on yesterday's report on American nuns by the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life:1. Read more
Posted on 17 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Rachel Maddow, "This Is an Aspirational Dog"
Well, Advent is about living in hope, isn't it? The graphic is a screen shot from a short clip of Rachel Maddow talking about an aspirational dog, which is a... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Nationwide Protests in U.S. Yesterday: Tweets That Caught My Eye
"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." #NDWBB #ICantBreathe pic.twitter.com/W3M1q5kuKY— NOTRE DAME WBB (@ndwbb) December 13, 2014Two... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Jerry Slevin: Pope Francis and Women Cardinals
Earlier today, I suggested that Pope Francis would do well to read some women theologians like Ivone Gebara as he continues to put both left feet into his... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
