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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Jim Wallis "Evolves" on Marriage Equality: Responses and Reflections
Now that the left-leaning evangelical leader (and a mover and shaker in the D.C. federal faith-based initiatives) Jim Wallis has come out for marriage... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Charles Blow Explains to Rand Paul How the GOP Lost the Black Vote
Charles Blow's rejoinder to Rand Paul in the New York Times today about precisely how and why the GOP has lost black voters is priceless. Read more
Posted on 11 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Rob Boston Eulogizes David Kuo: A Whistle-Blower Who Deserves Praise
At Talk to Action, Rob Boston eulogizes David Kuo, who died last week. As Boston reminds us, Kuo was a valiant whistle-blower who paid a high price for blowing... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Colman McCarthy to Disaffected and Alienated Catholics: Should We Come Back Unde...
At National Catholic Reporter, Colman McCarthy asks whether Catholics blown out of the church in recent decades by "a strong tailwind of reasons" should return... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
What Do You Think? Is There a New Frenzy About Gay Rights Among Those...
What do you think?Is the open discussion of marriage equality sparked by the Supreme Court hearings creating a special kind of fury among some Americans and som... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for the Day: "Civilized" Holocausts?
Ta-Nehisi Coates at The Atlantic blog on humanism and Holocaust history: It is often said that racism is the result of a lack of education, that it must be... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Advice of Young Churchgoer to Churches: "Help Us Find Love in the Church Before...
The advice of a young Christian woman in South Dakota, Dannika Nash, to churches that keep scratching their heads and wondering why 70% of 23-to-30-year-olds ar... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Here Are Some Things Bullying Does to People
:• It makes you feel isolated. • It makes you feel you have done something wrong. • It makes you feel you brought the bullies onto yourself. • It makes you... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
And Then There Were Three: The Three Democratic Holdouts on Marriage Equality an...
The four have now become three: of the four diehard holdouts among Democratic senators opposing marriage equality, Senator Johnson of South Dakota is now on... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Question for Canadian Readers: Hate-Speech Laws in Canada and Steps for Action?
I'd like to ask a bit of advice from readers, especially those of you living in Canada. I know that quite a few regular readers of Bilgrimage are Canadians,... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Colleen Baker on Jesus and Gender, and Pope Francis's Model of Male Servant...
And more on the new pope: I find Colleen Baker's latest posting on Jesus and gender at Enlightened Catholicism very important. Read more
Posted on 09 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A New Pope and a New Style: But on the Abuse Front . . . .
As April began, I wrote that I agree with Spanish Benedictine theologian Teresa Forcades that, while we welcome positive signs of change in the way Pope... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Widow of Franz Jäggerstätter, Franziska Jäggerstätter, Eulogized by Tom Roberts...
The widow of Austrian martyr Franz Jäggerstätter--Franziska Jäggerstätter--died in March, and I like very much how Tom Roberts describes the ceremony in Linz's... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Friends of Pope Francis: The Poor Will "Convert Him Completely," the Church...
One of the unexpected gifts of the new pope to the church is this: after having been under a shadow during the last two papacies, after having been attacked... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Footnote to the Catholic Mama and Vericast Imbroglio: Take a Look at What They'v...
A quick p.s. re: the attacks that Catholic Mama and the Vericast group decided to mount against this site today:In case you're interested in seeing how they wor... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Catholic Mama Responds to Me: You're Pretending to Be Catholic (and Happy...
And then there's this (this is a footnote to what I just posted):As I was dealing with the excrement that a gang of my fellow Catholics chose to hurl at me at... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Please Don't Call It Love: Gay Catholics Respond to Cardinal Dolan
Okay, one of those scourge times again, albeit that it's Eastertide and we're supposed to be basking in the love of the risen Christ. Read more
Posted on 07 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Continuing Problems with Ads at Bilgrimage
Dear Readers,A number of you have told me about a problem you're experiencing lately here, in which pop-up ads obscure the text on this site. I'm not seeing... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Four Democratic Senators Still Diehard Holdouts Against Marriage Equality: The...
And then there were four:The four remaining Democratic senators who continue to refuse to endorse marriage equality:1. Mark Pryor of Arkansas;2. Joe Manchin of... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"You Can Lead a Man to Congress": Gorilla Pig on Current U.S. House Leaders
And for an end-of-week laugh, this graphic from the Facebook feed of Gorilla Pig . . . .Or should I say an end-of-week cry? Whichever it is, I hope you'll... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY