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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Politics: Dueling Hymns in Congress, Paul Ryan and Contraception, Pat Buchanan o...
1. As Peter Montgomery notes, yesterday appears to have been dueling hymn day in the U.S. Congress: House Republicans sang "Amazing Grace" as their latest plan... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Churches and Gays: Stephen Fry on Ex-Gay Therapy, Becca Morn on Exporting of...
It's worth watching Stephen Fry's stylish, humane look at ex-gay therapy* for his observation (at about the 8.24 mark) that Joseph Nicolosi could well pass for ... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Women and the Invention of Art
I'm not quite sure how the image at the head of this posting--a photograph of the paintings of hands from the Cueva de las Manos in Argentina--came on my radar... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Richard Rodriguez's Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography: Depending on Women "to...
For the San Francisco Chronicle, Lesley Hazleton reviews Richard Rodriguez's new book, Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography. As she notes, as an openly gay... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Grant Gallicho on Archdiocese of Wobegon: Nienstedt's Anti-Gay Record, Jennifer...
I highly recommend Grant Gallicho's exhaustively researched and incisively written account at Commonweal of what's happening right now in the St.... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Chris Hedges on Theological Roots of Tea Party Extermism: "I Think It's a Kind o...
At Truthdig, Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer discuss the theological roots of the radical wing now controlling the Republican party, which is responsible for... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Francis's Reforms: Making the Circle Wider Or Driving Traditional Catholics Away?
Where right-wing Catholics who adored Benedict, but Francis not so much, imagine that Francis's attempt to turn the Catholic church back to the center will... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Reader Responds: But Is God Gay?
In response to Elliott Darrow's poem "God Is Gay," which I posted (in video format) yesterday, Barbara makes a good point: Sorry Bill! Read more
Posted on 12 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "Letter to Congress from Cardinal O'Malley and Archbishop Lori . ...
Religious Freedom Hearings, Feb. 2013, D.C.About that 26 September letter the USCCB sent to members of Congress, Ken Briggs tells it like it is:The letter to... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More Catholic News at Week's End: Mess in St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese,...
And in the still-looking-for-hope part of my life (in particular, part of my Catholic life), there are the following important pieces of commentary as the week... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Week's-End News Round-Up: Catholic Bishops and Shutdown, Exporting of Anti-Gay...
As the work week ends, valuable news commentary I've noticed in recent days, which adds new information to discussions we've had here in the past:1. Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In Catholic News: Pope Francis Responds to Letter from Gay Group in Italy
An item much in Catholic news in the past several days, particularly among gay Catholics: the Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported several days ago that a... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
For National Coming Out Day: "What If I Told You God Is Gay?"
For National Coming Out Day today, a powerful poem by University of North Carolina drama student Elliott Darrow, which has recently gone viral at You Tube:... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Query to Readers: Do You Have Evidence That the Catholic Theological Society o...
Michael Sean Winters wrote yesterday that the Catholic Theological Society of America has "repeatedly been concerned about including . . . different sexual... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
National Catholic Reporter Editorial: Cover-Up of Sexual Abuse Cases Continues...
In its latest editorial, National Catholic Reporter recounts the story about which I wrote two days ago--the courageous (but failed, that she had to resign)... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on Theological Roots of Tea Party: Amanda Marcotte on White...
More good material about a topic I've been discussing throughout the government shutdown: the theological roots from which the behavior of the radical Republica... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Role of the U.S. Catholic Bishops in the Shutdown: Holding Government Funding...
Religious Freedom Hearings, D.C., Feb. 2012In an editorial just uploaded to its website, America rightly deplores the effects of the shutdown of government on... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for the Day: "This Is a Replay of the Civil Rights Drama That Gripped the...
Robert Scheer at Truthdig on the racism and cruelty driving the GOP's healthcare agenda:In the end, this is a replay of the civil rights drama that gripped the... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
For Christ's Sake Site Publishes Open Letter About Reform to Pope Francis and...
More on the discussion of the agenda of reform that many lay Catholics hope the current pope has begun to undertake with the assistance of his advisory group... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
New Poll Finds Two-Thirds of U.S. Catholics Agree with Francis, Six in Ten...
Another important story in Catholic news right now (in addition to the one from Minnesota about which I have just blogged): as David Gibson notes in this... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
