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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Theologians Pope Francis Would Do Well to Read: Ivone Gebara on Catholic Church'...
In the theologians-Pope-Francis-would-do-well-to-read category today, here's Brazilian theologian Ivone Gebara on what the maternity-centered view of women in... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Reader Writes: "I Don't Think the US Ever Had Moral Leadership to Begin With"
In response to my posting about the torture report and how the U.S. has now forfeited any claim it had to moral leadership in the world, Leah comments, I don't... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Peter Laarman on Torture Denial and How U.S. Flunks the Religious Acid Test
Peter Laarman at Religion Dispatches on torture denial and how it shows the U.S. flunking the religious acid test:I believe that what most dismays... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quotation Thursday: Glenn Greenwald on Torture Report, Robert Parry on Demise...
And two more quotations — these from articles I've read online today that make interlocking points, to my mind:Glenn Greenwald on the torture report:At some... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quotation Thursday: Among Animals, Who Tortures? and Connection Between...
Two quotations for you today from my grab-bag of citations from books I've read over the years:At the head of this posting, Jeffrey Moussaieff Mason and Susan... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Bilgrimage Open Discussion Forum — Continuing the Discussion
Weeks back, we discussed setting up some kind of open forum discussion at Bilgrimage. Maggie Crehan, I recall you having a particular interest in this, which... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Strawberries on the Cake": Why Women Wince When Pope Francis Opens His Mouth
At Religion News Service, David Gibson explains why many women wince when Pope Francis opens his mouth and speaks . . . about women:I would like to note, in... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Jennifer Haselberger on Current Status of Nienstedt Investigation: Contextual...
This is a footnote to what I posted yesterday about the archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis and its choice to hire a high-powered criminal lawyer for its ongoin... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Nation Awash in Violence Admits to Torture: "We Have Lost Forever the Right...
Abu Ghraib• We are approaching the second anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre, an event to which the U.S. has responded, at an official level, by doing . .... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Who's Paying for High-Powered Criminal...
At Commonweal, Grant Gallicho reports that as it investigates allegations that its archbishop, John Nienstedt, has behaved improperly with adult males, the... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
New Vatican Document to Prepare for Synod on Family: How to Care for "Persons...
Joshua McElwee comments at National Catholic Reporter on a document released today by the Vatican's office for the synod of bishops, calling on bishops'... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ruth Krall on Sexual Violence Against Women and Children, and Reform of Religiou...
As I've said before, on any given day, one of the delights I have in participating in this blog's wide-ranging conversations is to read the brilliant comments... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis on "Unusual" Situation of Catholic Families with Gay Children:...
At the Backlot, Ed Kennedy responds to Pope Francis's recent interview with Argentinian journalist Elizabeth Piqué in La Nación. Read more
Posted on 09 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Perceptions of Gender: Study Suggests Preference for High Masculinity and...
This is a link I had intended to post earlier today, in my posting about gender complementarity. And then it somehow got away from me, and I've only now... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on Institutionalized Racism in U.S. (and Michael Brown and Eric Garner):...
More commentary hot off the internet presses that strikes me as very important this morning:Chris Hedges at Truthdig:Totalitarian systems accrue to themselves... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on Gender Complementarity and Catholic Teaching: Michael Mullins and Todd...
Some quotations from articles hot off the (internet) press (for me, at least) that may be of interest to readers of Bilgrimage — these, about the issue of gende... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Questions to Ask in Light of Michael Brown and Eric Garner: Who Gets Blamed and...
These thugs will avoid jail after leaving 2 people for dead. #LGBT #Affluenza #PhillyHateCrime #CrimingWhileWhite pic.twitter. Read more
Posted on 05 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Christmas Miracle Comes Early! Cardinal Pell Finds € Hundreds of Millions "Tucke...
Christmas miracles have come early this year, it seems. As Gaia Planigiani reports for New York Times yesterday, Pope Francis's Vatican finance watchdog Cardina... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Frederick Clarkson on Pastor Steven Anderson's Call to Religiously Fueled...
Baptist pastor Steven Anderson of Tempe, Arizona, is at it again. This time, he's calling for homos gay folks to be killed as a cure for AIDS (never mind that... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Crisis of . . . the Family Is Tightly...
In response to Kelly Stewart's National Catholic Reporter article about the pope's rhetoric on women and the recent Vatican colloquium on male-female... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
