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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Breaking News: Zimmerman Arrested After Estranged Wife Calls Police
So when are we, the American public, going to have our craws full to bursting of Mr. Zimmerman and his arrogant scofflaw behavior?1. Following his trail, he's... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Gay Rights Vs. Religious Rights: Religion News Service Counters NALT Project
So, let me see if I understand this correctly:One week, a group of Christians representing a wide cross-section of mainline churches begins a website called... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pauls Toutonghi on Suicide of Gay Teen Jadin Bell: "As a Recent Father of...
At Salon, Pauls Toutonghi discusses in heart-rending detail the protracted, relentless bullying that led to the suicide of 15-year-old Jadin Bell on 19 January... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Kelly Rae Kraemer: "I Am Not 'War-Weary,' I'm Angry, Sick, and Hungry for Peace
Kelly Rae Kraemer, who teaches Peace Studies at College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, writing at Common Dreams:I am not ‘war-weary’; I’m angry … angry... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Kiva, Strathmore, Opus Dei: Mr. Ndehi, Kenyan Opus Dei High School Grad, Keeps o...
As you all can see from the preceding screenshot, the exchange with the Kenyan Opus Dei high school graduate, Njonjo Ndehi, about Kiva's decision to partner wit... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
SNAP Calls on Little Rock Catholic Bishop to Publicize Forthcoming Court Hearing...
As a new work week begins, I'd like to take note of something happening in my own backyard this week: as this recent press statement from Survivors Network of... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Two Feathers, Earth and Sky Mingled: Notes from a Book-Signing Event
Dear Friends,I'm a bit tired this weekend, and taking a short breather. Friday evening, the University of Arkansas Medical School library generously hosted a... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on NALT Project: "Call to Arms for Christians Who Want to Take Back Their...
More on the new Not All Like That Christians (NALT) project about which I blogged yesterday: Peter Montgomery discusses the NALT project in a posting yesterday... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Disappearance and Re-Emergence of Discourse of Sodomy: A Catholic Contribution t...
Lately, we've discussed the casual and still-permitted use of taunts like the word "sodomite" in discussion threads at Catholic blog sites (see, e.g., here and... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Richard Sipe on Culture of Clerical Narcissism, Eugene Kennedy on Francis and...
Frank Douglas has uploaded an important article to his Voice from the Desert website. It's a well-documented multi-part study entitled "Spirituality and the... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Poem for the Day: Seamus Heaney, "Anything Can Happen"
And since the spirit needs to be fed, when we (I really mean, when I) spend too much time wrestling with pigs (who, as George Bernard Shaw famously observed,... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Kiva, Opus Dei, Strathmore: Njonjo Ndehi Continues to Cheerlead for Kiva While...
@bensonndehi This is sad. It like if you are not into gay sex you dont need school, health, education or visas. #Pathetic— Martin Ssempa (@martinssempa) August... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
It Gets Better for Christians: NALT Project Launched
There's a very important new project online. Some of you may have heard of it. For those who haven't, I wanted to draw your attention to it. Read more
Posted on 05 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
“War Is the Health of a Totalitarian State. And Peace Is Its Disease” (Norman...
Robert C. Koehler at Common Dreams:War, of course, always starts out like this: as bright and hopeful as the sunrise. It’s almost beyond belief to me that we ca... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Kiva, Strathmore University, and Opus Dei: Another Reader Response, "We Don't...
See at the head of the posting the latest comment to come in as a response to my posting on Sunday about the decision of Kiva to partner with the Opus Dei schoo... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
James Goodman on the Five Most Terrifying Words in the Bible
James GoodmanA moment ago, I linked to an outstanding posting by Frank at Letters to the Catholic Right, in which he focuses on a much-discussed sermon in... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
U.S. Leaders and Syria: What If They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
As John Nichols reports today for The Nation, Democratic representative Alan Grayson of Florida recently stated, "Nobody wants this [i.e., war on Syria] except... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Kiva, Strathmore University, and Opus Dei, The Rest of the Story: Readers Respond
Three days ago, I published a lengthy piece updating readers of Bilgrimage on the controversy that has arisen after the charitable non-profit Kiva chose to... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Frank at Letters to the Catholic Right: Pope Francis Speaks, Catholic Right...
Yesterday, I took a look at William J. Dohar's recent essay at Religion Dispatches which examines the implication of Pope Francis's question, "Who am I to... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on Huffington Post Crackdown on Toxic Discourse, and More on Challenge for...
As I reported several days ago, Huffington Post is implementing a new plan to require anyone leaving comments at the HuffPo site to register in a way that... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY