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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Robert Blair Kaiser's Inside the Jesuits: How Pope Francis Is Changing the Churc...
Some weeks back, Rowman Littlefield kindly sent me for review a copy of Robert Blair Kaiser's book Inside the Jesuits: How Pope Francis Is Changing the... Read more
Posted on 21 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Alliance Defending Freedom on "Right" to Anti-Gay Discrimination: "Objections...
Attorney Jeremy Tedesco of the Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented New Mexico photographer Elaine Huguenin as she claimed the right to refuse to... Read more
Posted on 21 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Damon Linker on Nienstedt Story: A "Potentially Church-Destroying Trend"
Damon Linker takes a look at the Nienstedt story — in particular, at the fact that "he's been accused of conducting numerous sexual affairs with men while also... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
St. Paul Pioneer Press on Nienstedt: "If He Were the CEO of a Corporation, He...
Yesterday, in one of the more conservative newspapers of the Twin Cities, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Rubén Rosario adds his voice to the chorus of those callin... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Phyllis Zagano on Hobby Lobby Decision: Plan B, Ella, and IUDs Are "Abortifacien...
Did anybody other than I notice that Lisa Fullam left a comment yesterday responding to Phyllis Zagano's statement at National Catholic Reporter about the... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: Horrible World Events Are Not "Happening to Us"; "We, the Human...
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush asks how we deal with the news right now: a commercial airliner shot down in Ukraine, followed in no time at all by Israel's bombing o... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Calls for Archbishop John Nienstedt to Resign Grow Louder
The New York Times editorializes:When Pope Francis met earlier this month with victims of rape and sexual abuse by priests, he vowed to hold bishops... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Jennifer Haselberger's Affidavit: Attempt to Have Father Tegeder Declared...
There's a significant detail tucked away in Jennifer Haselberger's lengthy affidavit (significant to me, if to no one else) that I'd like to bring to readers'... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Jerry Slevin on Jennifer Haselberger's Affidavit: "It Underscores That Francis'...
In response to Brian Roewe's report today at National Catholic Reporter about Jennifer Haselberger's affidavit in the sexual abuse lawsuit involving the... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Affidavit of Jennifer Haselberger in St. Paul-Minneapolis Abuse Case: "To See...
Earlier today, I pointed readers to what I called a chilling documentary just produced by Minnesota NPR about the bold lying of three archbishops covering up... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Patricia Miller's Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Churc...
A concluding set of excerpts from Patricia Miller's book Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church (Berkeley: Univ. of CA Press, 2014):As... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Church of England's Choice to Accept Female Bishops: What Will Be the Effect on...
As the Church of England votes at long last to accept women bishops, Catholic News Service, the USCCB's Pravda, is already (and predictably) complaining that... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More from Patricia Miller's Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the...
Another set of excerpts this morning from Patricia Miller's book Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church (Berkeley: Univ. Read more
Posted on 13 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More Lipstick, Same Pig: Commonweal Regulars on Emergency Contraceptives as...
It's interesting to see how Crystal Watson's contributions to this conversation at Commonweal have been treated by several of the Commonweal regulars. Read more
Posted on 13 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More from Patricia Miller's Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the...
Here are some more noteworthy passages from Patricia Miller's book Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church (Berkeley: Univ. of CA... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: U.S. Catholic Bishops's "Religious Freedom...
One of the most fateful (and evil) decisions made by the Catholic hierarchy in the 20th and 21st century has been to treat the movement of women around the worl... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Hobby Lobby Commentary: "Wonderful Thing About Being Religious Is You Can Believ...
People are still talking about the five Supreme Catholic men's Hobby Lobby decision, and so I'm still reading. Here's a series of brief excerpts from articles... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Patricia Miller, Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic...
I'm now reading Patricia Miller's book Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church (Berkeley: Univ. of CA Press, 2014). Read more
Posted on 09 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Another Hobby Lobby Reprisal: Hobby Lobby's Retirement Plan Heavily Invested in...
Another in my series of reprisals of postings I have made in the past, anticipating the ruling that the five Supreme Catholic have now handed down in the Hobby... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "Discrimination in Any Way, Shape Or Form Is Not Religious"
Maureen Fiedler on the clamor of some (but far from all) U.S. religious leaders (including Archbishops Salvatore Cordileone, Thomas Wenski, William Lori, and... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2014 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
