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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At Long Last, Christianity Today Lowers the Boom — "It's Time to Call a Spade a...
Christianity Today was founded by Billy Graham, the most prominent evangelical figure in modern history. It is a vehemently anti-choice, conservative... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ruth Krall, "Bearing Witness: The First Step in Reconciliation"
Vincent van Gogh, "The Good Samaritan," original in the Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo, The Netherlands, uploaded to Wikimedia Commons for online sharing. Read more
Posted on 18 December 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ruth Krall, "The Good Samaritan: Pious Parable Or Subversive Instruction?"
Vincent van Gogh, "The Good Samaritan," original in the Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo, The Netherlands, uploaded to Wikimedia Commons for online sharing. Read more
Posted on 16 December 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Footnote to My Eulogy of Carmel McEnroy: "As So Many Others Have Experienced in...
Mercy Sister, Carmel McEnroy, author who captured women's role in #VaticanII, dies https://t.co/UxKj64GdVU via @ncronline @SistersofMercy @GerardRMoloney... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Recommending "The List" — Commentary on Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and Its Ye...
As I have noted in previous postings (a bibliography is appended at the end of this posting, covering the past several years), the diocese of Charlotte, North... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Remembering Carmel McEnroy, RSM, a Distinguished Theologian Whose Career Was...
Mercy Sister, Carmel McEnroy, author who captured women's role in #VaticanII, dies https://t.co/UxKj64GdVU via @ncronline @SistersofMercy @GerardRMoloney... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As GOP Channels Putin: Commentary on Republican Long Game in Cozying Up to...
Heather Cox Richardson, "Letters from an American, 7 December 2019":In June 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that democracy is obsolete. Read more
Posted on 08 December 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
What We Are Living Through Now Creates a Serious Crisis of Religious Faith
In the video above, discussing the death of 16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez in a detention center for immigrants this past May, Mika Brzezinski... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Who Catechized Devin Nunes?
Devin Nunes is Catholic.Who catechized Devin Nunes?Who normalizes men like William Barr and Devin Nunes (and Patrick Buchanan and Sean Hannity and countless... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"You Served Your Tour with Valor": Honoring Veterans of the African-American...
Today is the U.S. Veterans' Day holiday, and as tributes to this or that family member who has been in the military pop up in my social media feed, I'm... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Father Tom Doyle's Recent Lecture, "What the Sexual Abuse Phenomenon Has Done...
I'd like to point you today to a resource Ruth Krall has told me about: as the video at the head of the posting indicates, recently, a lecture that Father Tom... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
If I Were a Young Person Seeking a Church Home for Myself, Why Would I EVER...
If I were a young person seeking a church home for myself, why would I EVER want to consider a church in which• Priests single out a politician — for overt... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"It's Not All in the Past": Commentary on Abuse Stories in the News Now, Across...
“Rev. Marcotte is 32 years old and represents part of the "new guard" of the Catholic Church, yet by all indications, he has been grooming and abusing children... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As Hallowe'en Approaches….
My apologies to you readers of Bilgrimage for being away from this blog for so long. I may have mentioned at some point that I have been working for quite some... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Newman Canonized, and Talk of His Love for Ambrose St. John Rocks the World of...
1/ It has long been a tactic of homophobes to claim that one cannot identify people in the past as gay when they did not identify themselves that way, even... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Jeff Chu on Meeting the Woman Who Fired Him Because He Was Gay: Valuable...
The US Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on whether LGBTQ people are protected by existing anti-discrimination law. I've been thinking about this... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Douglas Hostetter, Interfaith Paths to Peace
INTERFAITH PATHS TO PEACEDouglas HostetterUnited Nations NGO RepresentativePax Christi InternationalPeace PastorEvanston Mennonite Church(former) Visiting... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Glitch with Disqus Today
Readers of Bilgrimage: there appears to be some glitch with the Disqus commenting system today, and I wanted to alert you to it. Read more
Posted on 30 September 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Dominican Priest-Theologian James Alison Receives Affirming Phone Call from Pope...
Pope Francis’ call and respect for Alison’s path rights a major injustice inflicted by the Vatican. It should give all Catholics encouragement to follow their... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
It's Still Going on — Cover-Up of Abuse Is Still Going on — and Catholics Know...
Since some of us recently had a discussion here about Catholics withholding donations to parishes and Catholic institutions because many Catholics see their... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2019 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY