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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On the Syrian Situation: Immediate Response, Yes; War, No
I agree with Bob Dreyfuss's response (which seems to me also the response of Pope Francis) to the credible reports that the Syrian government used chemical... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
First Things Editor R.R. Reno Responds to Joseph Bottum: Homosexuality is "An...
R.R. RenoOne of the most seriously destructive, the most vicious, things that those mounting war against their fellow human beings who happen to be born gay hav... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Catholic Right Loses It Over Joseph Bottum's Essay: "Stand Up and Spit in Their...
And then there's this, the latest comment (8/25, 12:09 P.M. CST U.S.) to judder into the Commonweal thread in response to Joseph Bottum's essay about gay... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Poem for Sunday: Audre Lorde Reading "1984"
And because every single person whose voice I've featured in quotations today is a white middle-class male--like me--while the voices we most desperately need t... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
And Another Quote: "The Whole Point of the Professional Journalistic Creed Is...
Scott TuckerAnd yet another quote: Scott Tucker at Truthdig on (mainstream) journalism as a form of priestcraft for states whose spectacles demand devoted... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
And Another Quote for the Day: "The Moral Arc of the Universe Is About the...
Paul Brandeis RaushenbushAnd another quote for the day: Paul Brandeis Raushenbush on the moral arc of the universe:The moral arc of the universe is about the... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for the Day: We Need to Demand "An Authentic, Truthful Understanding of Ga...
Michael BaylyIn an article at Eureka Street entitled "Show Some Respect When Talking with Homosexuals," Australian Jesuit Fr. Frank Brennan urges dropping "the... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the News: Tchaikovsky Back "In," Manning Verdict and Voltaire, Nuns and Abuse...
As part of its pogrom vs. gay folks, Russia's now trying to "in" Tchaikovsky, John Aravosis reports. Aravosis's response to this effort:Russian composer Pyotr... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Pope Francis Doesn't Want to Give Communio...
This is one of the stinky sort of Catholic birdcage droppings: in a discussion of Michael Sean Winters's article "Pope Francis Effect II? Read more
Posted on 24 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
National Catholic Reporter Editorial on Investigation of American Nuns: What...
In an editorial entitled "Misguided LCWR Mandate Lumbers Onward," the National Catholic Reporter discusses the latest meeting of the Leadership Conference of... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
And More "Male and Female He Created Them": Matt Sitman on Religious Right's...
More valuable commentary on Chelsea Manning's announcement yesterday: at Andrew Sullivan's Dish site, Matt Sitman responds to statements made recently by Russel... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Drew Christiansen, SJ, on Bradley Manning Sentence: "A Tragedy Not Just for...
And speaking of Bradley/Chelsea Manning: Drew Christiansen's essay at America on Manning's harsh sentence is a fine reflection, I think, about what this... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Case of Bradley/Chelsea Manning: "Male and Female He Created Them" All Over Again
Genesis 1:27In a comment here yesterday, Rachel points out that there's a certain synchronicity about the fact that we just recently discussed the fact of... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Michael Sean Winters for NCR Today: Let's Celebrate Joyful, Female Noise!
Is this Michael Sean Winters's response to Sara_TMS_again when she wrote in a comment at National Catholic Reporter yesterday,We also want men--including John... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Henry Giroux on America's Descent into Madness: "Stories About Disposability in...
Henry Giroux at Counterpunch on America's descent into madness via a politics of cruelty and lies:America is descending into madness. Read more
Posted on 22 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Adam Frank on Politicization of Scientific Truth in U.S. Culture: Applications...
Adam FrankIn an op-ed statement in today's New York Times, Adam Frank maintains that Americans are now living in an age of denial in which scientific truth has... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "We Also Want Men--Including John Allen,...
Writing in response to Dennis Coday's "Morning Briefing" column in National Catholic Reporter yesterday, which links to an op-ed statement by Elizabeth Tenety i... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Encyclicals on Faith and the Struggle of LGBTI Catholics to Believe as Catholic...
Yesterday, in response to my posting about Juan Jose Tamayo's critique of the new papal encyclical on faith, heimerm wrote,Just dropping the patriarchal languag... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Contemporary Example of Catholic Hierarchical Scapegoating: Archbishop Myers...
Archbishop John MyersFor a contemporary example of Catholic hierarchical scapegoating that doesn't seem to get the church very far down the road to credibility... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Reader Writes: Jesus's Death as a Scapegoat Abolishes Scapegoating in an...
On Monday, I wrote, Not only do the gospels suggest a constant overriding concern on Jesus's part with the quality of relationships, they also suggest his inten... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2013 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY