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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Friday Religion News: Men, Women, Gays, Bishops (and Money, Limousines, and...
As the work week ends, here's a selection of religion-focused commentary that has caught my eye during the week--teasers leading to substantive articles I hope... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: Institution's Politics "Too Unholy to Abide Much Longer" (with...
Joan Chittister at National Catholic Reporter: We are at a tipping point. The struggle has been too long; the confusion, too deep; and the politics of every... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Report of Australian Commission on Child Abuse in Religious Organizations...
The committee established by the parliament of Victoria in Australia to conduct an inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the News: Sarah Palin Does Not Heart Pope Francis, Etc.
Articles/statements that catch my eye as I scan the news this morning:Sarah Palin does not heart Pope Francis, is "trying to follow what his agenda is. Read more
Posted on 13 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
U.S. Catholic Bishops Continue to Try to Convince Their Flocks That Gay...
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I suspect it's not self-evident to many people with good heads on their shoulders and hearts pumping blood infused... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Bridegroom: An Interview with the Filmmaker, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
A quick footnote to my posting last week about Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's wonderful new documentary Bridegroom, focusing on the love story of Tom Bridegroom an... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Slough of Despond: In Which I Try to Explain Better What I Said Last Evening
Okay, I'll try to explain better what I said poorly last evening.The Vatican questionnaire that--at last!--asks lay Catholics to provide feedback about the... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
From the Slough of Despond: Or How the Message of the Catholic Bishops Finally...
Dear Folks, If you've followed this blog for any length of time, you will probably have divined that I sometimes go through periods of despondency during which ... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"We Can Present Our Bodies": The Spiritual Grounding of Civil Rights Activism
In her interview with the heroic (and saintly) John Lewis in the video at the head of this posting, Rachel Maddow asks Congressman Lewis whether he thinks that... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Bridegroom": The Love Story of Tom Bridegroom and Shane Crone, a Primer About...
I mentioned several days ago that the Oprah Winfrey network had aired several programs about being gay in America. One of the films that OWN aired as part of... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Polling American Catholics: A Summary of Suggestions, Plus Valuable Assistance...
I don't mean to beat to death the matter of the Vatican's instructions to bishops' conferences to poll the Catholic faithful about contraception, same-sex... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: About Bishop Bling--How Would Allowing...
In response to my posting some days back about Limburg bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, George Waite writes,So how would allowing the openly gay to be clerg... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Polling American Catholics About Contraception, Same-Sex Marriage, and Divorce:...
About that survey that the Vatican asked bishops' conferences to do, to poll the faithful about the issues of contraception, same-sex marriage, and divorce: I... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
For Spiritual Sustenance: Icelandic Indie-Folk Group Árstíðir Singing Hymn to...
And one final video today, this one for spiritual sustenance: the Icelandic indie-folk group Árstíðir singing Kolbein Tumason's classic Icelandic hymn, "Heyr... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
We Occupy Jesus on Why Jesus Wouldn't Call Anti-Gay, Anti-Women Pastor Mark...
At his We Occupy Jesus site, Brett Gallaher offers a compelling list of reasons why Jesus would not call notoriously anti-gay, misogynistic pastor Mark... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
They Gave a Schism and Nobody Came: Commentary on Christian Right's Loss of...
This tells me that discussion of the anti-gay politics of the U.S. religious right has gone mainstream (and thank God for that development): for ABC's "Top Line... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Religious Right Extinct? Not As Far As USCCB Is Concerned
No, the religious right hasn't gone the way of the dodo bird. No, it's not extinct. No, it's not somehow distinct from the tea party movement that is now... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good Offers to Assist U.S. Bishops in...
Another weekend update: this is about that mandate from the Vatican to bishops' conferences around the world that they poll Catholic laity about magisterial... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Backyard Updates: Firing of Tippi McCullough by Mount St. Mary, New Sentence...
As the work week ends and the weekend begins, two updates to stories from my own backyard about which I've blogged previously--the firing of teacher Tippi... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
P.S. More on Vatican Directive to Bishops' Conferences to Poll the Faithful:...
I blogged this morning about the directive of the Vatican's Synod of Bishops that bishops' conferences poll the faithful about the issues of contraception,... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY