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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Things I Think About When Traveling: Grounding Celebration of Diversity in the...
Things I think about when traveling:∙Spigots in airport bathrooms ∙Suburban American tract houses ∙Ice plants, wild fennel, the tender velvet leaves of this... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Little Kids Are Waiting to Be Used as...
Okay, this birdcage dropping isn't really by a Catholic. It's about us Catholics. It's about how we're increasingly perceived by many of our fellow citizens,... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
John Nichols on What Made Michelle Tick: $$$$$$
\John Nichols at the Nation on what has sustained Michelle Bachmann on the national political scene, despite her clownish statements about, inter alia, light... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Historic Event in France: First Gay Couple Ties the Knot
Vincent Autin & Bruno Boileau marry in Montpellier Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 LGBTQ, SOCIETY -
Fellow Sociologist on Regnerus Study: "Key Measure of Gay and Lesbian Parenting...
"The key measure of gay and lesbian parenting is simply a farce."In an academic context, where collegiality demands that one mince words and make nice when... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
My Book Is Published--Fiat Flux: The Writings of Wilson R. Bachelor,...
At the risk of appearing immodest, I do want to announce that my book Fiat Flux: The Writings of Wilson R. Bachelor, Nineteenth-Century Country Doctor and... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for the Day: Archbishop "Myers Neither Admits Responsibility nor Apologize...
Mark Silk on the statement that Archbishop John Myers of Newark, NJ, has finally made about the Fugee scandal:In his statement, Myers neither admits... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Dolan Speaks: Violence Against Some Homosexuals in New York Awful
A footnote to my several postings (here and here) noting Cardinal Dolan's absolute silence about the murder of Mark Carson and the spate of violent assaults on... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Belgian Lay Catholic's Letter to a French Priest Agitating Against Marriage...
Yesterday, a Belgian Catholic, Thierry Peltier, published an open letter at the Mediapart website, responding to one of the Catholic leaders of the anti-marriag... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"He Ate with Outcasts" Poster Project: Good News from Margaret Puckette
To those of you interested in obtaining a poster copy of Margaret Puckette's magnificent painting, "He Ate with Outcasts," good news! Read more
Posted on 28 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Australians Ask Cardinal Primate to Discuss Abuse in Catholic Church, Pell...
His Eminence Cardinal George Pell, World Youth Day, 2005"With respect," said the committee chair, Georgie Crozier, "I don’t want to hear about the Saxons."*Nor... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Sanora Babb's Dust Bowl Classic, Whose Names Are Unknown: Endless Task of...
Sanora Babb, Whose Names Are Unknown (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma, 2004):Hundreds of families lived on the highways for three days, then protests forced the count... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Anti-Marriage Equality Riots in France Enter Second Day, Reports of Priests in...
Various news outlets are reporting that after nearly 300 people were arrested in Paris Sunday night following the latest march against marriage equality, a... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Personal Reflection on Neo-Confederate Clownery
A brief personal footnote about the neo-Confederate nonsense of the folks Frank Cocozzelli is studying (and I'm very glad Frank is keeping the spotlight on thes... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Frank Cocozzelli on Neo-Confederate Catholic Ideologues and the Fantasy of...
Early in May, I recommended an article by Frank Cocozzelli on the rising strand of neo-Confederate ideology in some sectors of the American Catholic right.... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentators Keep Asking: When Will Cardinal Dolan Address Anti-Gay Violence in...
In a statement at the Huffington Post site this weekend, Joseph Amodeo points out that, in a city that is home to millions of Catholics, the head of the Catholi... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Gay Boy Scouts, Catholic Response, and Welcome of Gays: Keeping Catholics Doors...
At his Spiritual Politics blog, Mark Silk compares the response of the U.S. Catholic bishops and the leaders of the LDS church to last week's vote to accept... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Family Stories: "Place of Death: Stairway to Roberts and Clint Domino Hall"
When, for "Place of Death," the death certificate reads, "Stairway to Roberts and Clint domino hall," you have an inkling what's going to follow, don't you?... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Friday Poem: "Hope, in Four Points"
Our little dog Valentine lives to hope.Once, free of leash restraint,He met a friend, a foe, also roaming wild.And nowWhen we reach the hill where that dog... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Robert McClory on Carla Hale Story: A Church "Crippled and Sclerotic Due to...
At National Catholic Reporter, Robert McClory notes that Frank Bruni's summary of the Carla Hale story, about which I blogged on Tuesday, is making the... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY