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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Remembering the UpStairs Lounge Fire: "Deadliest Attack on LGBT People in U.S....
At her Jesus in Love blog, Kittredge Cherry remembers the fire at the UpStairs lounge in New Orleans on 24 June 1973 that killed 32 people. UpStairs was a gay... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Exodus International Shuts Doors: We've Been "Imprisoned in a Worldview That’s...
Big news in the world of "ex-gay" therapy: the leading organization in the U.S. that has long dangled false hopes of curing the gay in front of gay folks... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Recent Commentary on Nation-Dividing Tactics of GOP: Charles Blow, Robert...
In his op-ed piece for the New York Times today, Charles Blow provides some strong reminders about why the self-defeating game of ideological purism that... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Rick Perlstein on Glenn Greenwald (and the Perils of Purism)
At The Nation, Rick Perlstein takes on the purism (my word, not Perlstein's) of Glenn Greenwald and some of his followers:Now, am I "Democratic partisan"?... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Cold Water and Sacraments on a Summer's Day
Steve and I have just returned from bringing a copy of my book Fiat Flux: The Writings of Wilson R. Bachelor, Nineteenth-Century Country Doctor and Philosopher... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Book Tour for Michael D'Antonio's Important New Book on Abuse Crisis, Mortal...
I know that, by all means, not all readers of Bilgrimage live on the west coast of the U.S. But a number of you do, and I've had the pleasure of meeting a numbe... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pew Finding That 8 in 10 LGBT Americans See Catholic Church As Unfriendly:...
Meanwhile (and this relates to the two pieces I've just posted about LGBT folks and Catholic, Inc., and about how Pope Francis is being perceived), isn't it... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis: A Progressive's Dream Come True Or Ersatz Pope? Recent Media...
It's interesting to see glimmers of a meme now developing in the secular media regarding Pope Francis. A few days ago, at the Talking Points memo site, Sahil... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Catholics As Unfriendly to Gay Folks? Who Owns Catholic, Inc.?
Marianne Duddy-Burke on the amazing disconnect between lay Catholics in the U.S., who are clearly well-disposed to LGBT people (according to the findings of... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Hague, the Vatican, and Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Never Quitting Till the...
I'm reading Dara Horn's novel The World to Come (NY: W.W. Norton, 2006) right now, and was taken with this passage when I read it last night:One night when he... Read more
Posted on 17 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Happy Fathers' Day
Before the day passes, I want to wish a happy fathers' day to readers of Bilgrimage who may be fathers celebrating this holiday. Read more
Posted on 16 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Frank Bruni on Pope Francis's Gay Panic and the "No-Fly Zone of the Heart"...
Frank Bruni at New York Times on Pope Francis's gay panic:I HAVE many questions for and about the “gay lobby” in the Vatican, but I’ll start with this: How can... Read more
Posted on 16 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Equating Marriage Equality with a Loss...
This is one of the good ones, and not the kind that need to go into the compost heap because they're so noisome there's no other place to put them--David Hart... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Diarmaid MacCulloch on How Same-Sex Marriage Is Leaving the Bishops Behind
Diarmaid MacCulloch, "Same-Sex Marriage Leaves the Bishops Behind":All this threw a spotlight on the mess that the Church of England leadership has gotten itsel... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Garden Rules: Imagined Gardens and Real Ones
Few things are begun with as much hope as a garden, and it can disappoint in direct proportion to one’s anticipation (Diane Ackerman, Cultivating Delight: A... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Bit of Good News: Paperblog Chooses Me as Blogger of the Day
Sharing a bit of good news with you all: Paperblog chose me as its blogger of the day this past Tuesday (and see also here). I'm very grateful to that site and... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Candace Chellew Hodge on Pew Finding That 8 in 10 LGBT Americans Rank Catholics...
Candace Chellew-Hodge at Religion Dispatches on the new Pew Research survey dealing with LGBT folks and religion that I cited in my posting earlier today. Read more
Posted on 14 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pew Study: 8 in 10 LGBT Americans See Catholic Church as Unfriendly (When Good...
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on FacebookCentrist and center-right Catholic... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Remembering Bishop Sullivan: In Paradisum Te Deducant Angeli
Yesterday was the funeral of yet another esteemed leader of the American Catholic church who has died recently--Bishop Joseph Sullivan of Brooklyn. Read more
Posted on 14 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Book Notes: Ronan Bennett's Havoc, in Its Third Year
Ronan Bennett, Havoc, in Its Third Year (NY: Simon Schuster, 2004):"We live in bitter times and the world is divided in two: those who live inside the godly... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY