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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Footnote to Tragic Story of Savita Halappanavar: Irish Health Service Executive...
A brief footnote to the tragic story of Savita Halappanavar and her death from septicemia in the 17th week of pregnancy in a Galway hospital last October,... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis on the Gay Lobby in the Vatican: A Selection of Responses
Pope Francis has made another of those unexpected, off-the-cuff (or was it?) remarks that have the world media atwitter. This time, he referred to that "gay... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Travels and Blogging Slowdown
Dear Readers,As you may have guessed, I'm still away from home, and haven't yet found any time to work on the posting I promised a week ago. Read more
Posted on 11 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for the Day: "Talk About 'Intrinsically Disordered'!"
Catechism of the Catholic ChurchAlan McCornick at Hepzibah:Official (hierarchy-centered) Catholics, for whom gays are "intrinsically disordered," doctrinaire... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Disqus Commenting Problems?
An esteemed reader of Bilgrimage has told me lately that he's having problems with the Disqus commenting system. When he tries to load a comments box, he... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on the Case of the Intersex Infant in South Carolina: The Moral Principle o...
Toward the end of May, I wrote about a case now before the courts in South Carolina, in which parents of an adopted intersex child are suing the state of South... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Iowa Scholars of Religion: "A Biblical 'Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage Is...
Last Sunday, three scholars of religion teaching at universities in Iowa published an editorial statement in the Des Moines Register noting that the debate abou... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Michelle Rhee Responds to Plea of 11-Year-Old Boy: Why Reward "Don't Say Gay"...
I could not be happier that Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst group dropped its plans to award Tennessee state representative John Ragan the group's "Education... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Fred Clark on Patriarchy and Sacraments: If Patriarchal Notions of Marriage...
At his Slacktivist site, Fred Clark points out that the conservative-leaning Catholic Answers site recently featured commentary by Michelle Arnold which suggest... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Readers Comment: NOM's Secrets (and Catholics and Mormons) and UK House of Lords...
Sometimes the comments here are so good that I feel obliged to lift them out of their comboxes and post them on the blog itself, in the hope that readers who... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Remembering Andrew Greeley: "Absorption in Mystery with a Capital M"
On this day on which Andrew Greeley is laid to rest, I'm reading Eugene Kennedy's moving tribute to him in last Sunday's Chicago Tribune. Read more
Posted on 05 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
On the U.S Catholic Bishops' "Victory" Over Gays in Illinois: Can Anyone Say...
And about that headline to which I just linked--"Catholic Bishops Declare Victory After Illinois Same-Sex Marriage Bill Stalls"--can anyone say P-Y-R-R-H-I-C?As... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Priests Killing Gays with Stools and U.S....
It's interesting to see Dennis Coday juxtaposing the following two headlines in his "Morning Briefing" column in National Catholic Reporter today:A sad... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson to Pope Francis: "For Christ's Sake, Stop Sexual Abuse"
A number of e-friends of mine and good readers of this blog have recommended an international petition to Pope Francis from Bishop Geoffrey Robinson of Australi... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Maine Supreme Court: National Organization for Marriage Must Disclose Donors, an...
At The New Civil Rights Movement, Fred Karger comments on the recent ruling by the Maine Supreme Court that the anti-gay group National Organization for Marriag... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Dear Yellow Cab People: About That Cab Work-Out Video Playing in My Cab Yesterday
Dear Yellow Cab People:I loved the video playing in my cab yesterday to instruct me on how to do a work-out while riding in a cab. I really did. Read more
Posted on 04 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for the Day: "For Some, Social Media Is the White Hood of the...
At the Nation site, Dave Sirin writes about the comments his article calling on the NBA to suspend Roy Hibbert for his recent "no homo" comment has been... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Christianity at a Crossroads: Rights of Women and LGBT Persons, the Signs of...
What I meant to say yesterday:∙ Straight white males don't own God (though they've behaved for a long, long time as if they do). Read more
Posted on 03 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Poster Project: A Reflection on the Response to It
This isn't really another posting about the "He Ate with Outcasts" poster project re: which I've blogged a number of times previously. It's a reflection on the... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Family Stories: "The Trouble Grew Out of a Game of Poker"
When a history of the county states, "The trouble grew out of a game of poker the two men were playing just before the shooting," you aren't surprised that the... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY