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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Remarks of Archbishop Nienstedt Linking Gay Rights to Devil Gaining Wide...
I mentioned last week that the vociferously anti-gay archbishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis, John Nienstedt, spoke recently to the right-wing Catholic group Napa... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Narcissism . . . Is the Most Determinate...
In the thread discussing Dennis Coday's National Catholic Reporter article noting the sentencing of Father Shawn Ratigan for possession and production of child... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Remembering My Mother on the Anniversary of Her Death
I can't let this day end without a notice of remembrance of my mother's death on this day in 2001. She's been in my thoughts through much of this day. Read more
Posted on 15 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Women Responding to Arrows-and-Holes...
I just wrote, It's imperative that we look carefully at who's inventing many of the "scientific" theories designed to put women and LGBTI people in their... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Amanda Marcotte on Bizarre Christian Right Theories Influencing American...
Yet another indicator of the importance of fashioning our theological views in fruitful dialogue with science--with real science and not the junk science that... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Matthew Fox, Letters to Pope Francis: The Name Francis and Stories About Fathers
Another excerpt from Matthew Fox's book Letters to Pope Francis: in the opening chapter of his book, Fox explores the promise he sees in the new pope's choice o... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on "Scientific" Theories About Race and Sexual Orientation: Blackbirds Don'...
I've told this story before. I think it may be time to tell it again, with apologies to readers who have already read it.My high school integrated reluctantly... Read more
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From Arrows and Holes to Magnets and Poles: Yet More "Scientific" Claptrap...
If it's not arrows and holes, it's magnets and poles: all so obvious. So simple. So self-evident, for God's sake. Why do the gays insist on mucking things up... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
NALT Project: Contribution of Joe Murray, Former Staff Attorney for American...
One of the interesting contributions to the new NALT (Not All Like That) Christians project is Joe Murray's video statement in support of NALT, which I've... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Peter Beinart on New York Elections and Rise of a New Left in American Politics
For Peter Beinart, national political indicators are to be seen in Bill de Blasio's win in the New York Democratic primary. Beinart argues that for the last... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Matthew Fox, Letters to Pope Francis: On Homosexuality
I've begun reading Matthew Fox's recent book Letters to Pope Francis, and thought it might be helpful to readers if I posted excerpts (and perhaps some... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Father Shawn Ratigan Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison, But Robert Finn Continues...
Father Shawn Ratigan of Kansas City was sentenced to 50 years in prison today for possession and production of child pornography. And Opus Dei bishop Robert Fin... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Robert Koehler on Mr. Obama and Syria: Is "An Intelligently Angry Slice of the...
I like the hopefulness of Robert Koehler's conclusion to his recent essay about President Obama's response to the Syrian situation:It’s [i.e. Read more
Posted on 12 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
John Connelly on Pope John Paul II's Legacy of "Repressive Intolerance": Papal...
In a review of the complex legacy and complex life of Polish public intellectual Leszek Kolakowski, John Connelly reminds readers of the legacy of the... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Yet Another Catholic Teacher Loses Job: Kristen Ostendorf Comes Out and Is...
Kristen OstendorfDespite Pope Francis's question "Who am I to judge?" and the claims that have been made about how this ushers in a new moment in Catholic... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Katie McDonough on Why We Can't Take Away Zimmerman's Gun: The Patriarchal...
At Salon today, Katie McDonough asks the right question about George Zimmerman, a question Mary O'Grady has asked here in a comment in the past several days:... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
LGBTQ Nation Publishes My Piece About Sarah Pulliam Bailey's "Gay Rights Vs....
I mentioned yesterday that my posting here several days ago about Sarah Pulliam Bailey's Religion News Service article whose title puts gay rights in... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Catholics of the Right, Sarah Bailey Pulliam on Gay Rights Vs. Religious...
As Barbara has just wisely noted in response to my posting about Edward Hu and his theology of arrows and holes earlier today: "That's the dumbest thing I've... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Catholics of the Right Respond to Sarah Bailey Pulliam on Gay Rights Vs....
"[A]rrow and hole is natural. And hole/hole not. ""Hole/hole is 'we decide'. And arrow/arrow is going against the design." Arrows and holes. Natural and... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on RNS Headline, "Gay Rights Vs. Religious Rights": Fred Clark's Excellent...
A crazy day in which I have had not much time at all to blog, but before the day ends, I do want to take note of (and make a statement of sincere thanks for)... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY