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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As Respect for Marriage Act Passes Senate, Religious Groups (Even Mormons)...
PRRI, "New Survey Shows Strong Support for LGBTQ Rights Championed in the Equality Act"As the Respect for Marriage Act gained Senate confirmation, Shawna Chen... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on the Train Wreck That is Twitter and Musk: Rich White Men and the...
David Ljungdahl illustration in 1910 Swedish edition of Jules Verne's "Captain Grant's Children," from Wikimedia CommonsI've deliberately held off sharing... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Kristin Du Mez's Response to Jay Green on Her "Illiberal" Positions: More...
I am glad that Kristin Du Mez has responded con gusto to the charge of Jay Green of Covenant College that she, Jemar Tisby, Shane Claiborne, Danté Stewart, and... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Conviction of Oath Keepers Militia Leader Stewart Rhodes for Seditious...
Merriam-Webster dictionarySignificant news in the U.S. yesterday as a federal jury yesterday convicted Oath Keepers militia leader Stewart Rhodes and one of... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Thanksgiving Dinner with the Forebears: Questions I'd Love to Ask
A wild change of subject from my usual political-religious analysis (some might say rants): I don't want U.S. Thanksgiving to recede too far in the past... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As a Former U.S. President and Now Candidate for Re-election Dines with a White...
Right Wing Watch, 25 November 2022As a former president and now candidate for re-election dines with a white supremacist anti-Semite Holocaust denier,... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Post-Thanksgiving Pre-Christmas Baking Commences with Mincemeat Pie and Tarts
A post-Thanksgiving Christmas baking report: yesterday, I began my marathon stint to make mincemeat tarts as Christmas gifts. For a number of weeks, I've had a... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on Respect for Marriage Act and How Religious Groups — Notably, U.S....
PRRI, "Support for Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People, by Religious Affiliation, 2015-2021"An offering of interrelated articles commenting on the... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Good Commentary on Youth Vote and Its Significance for Future U.S. Elections
Good commentary I've just read on the youth vote in the recent U.S. elections and what it may signify for the future:In her "Letter from an American" today,... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"White Christian Nationalism and the January 6, 2021 Insurrection": Episode 3...
Episode 3 of Jemar Tisby's "White Nation Under God" series commenting on white Christian nationalism is now online. This episode entitled "White Christian... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Thomas Zimmer on the Scourge of "Both Sides" Commentary and the "High Priests...
A pictorial commentary on bothsidesism at Merriam-Webster's "Looking at ‘Bothsidesing’"In a posting today entitled "The Self-Important Arbiters of Reason and th... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Christmas Fruitcake and Thanksgiving Baking
Since American Thanksgiving is all about the table and what's on it (or the t.v. tray and what's on it!), and since friends who urge me to keep blogging tell... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving, Obligation to Remember Our Real History
Mural replica in Silverton, Oregon, of one of Norman Rockwell's "Four Freedoms" paintings, at Wikimedia CommonsIt's not Thanksgiving the world over, of course. Read more
Posted on 24 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on Breaking Stories Re: U.S. Supreme Court: "The Current, Carefully...
James Earle Fraser's "Contemplation of Justice" statue, Supreme Court Plaza, photo uploaded by David to Wikimedia CommonsIn her latest Letter from an American,... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on Catholic Leaders' Loss of Moral and Pastoral Credibility Due to...
Frank Schindler of Baltimore writes the Baltimore Sun, "Bishops show lack of interest in pedophile victims":I participated in a recent SNAP (Survivors Network o... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Another Mass Shooting in an LGBTQ Club: Stochastic Terrorism and Eliminationist...
Detail from Rogier van der Weyden's "Descent from the Cross," 15th century, Prado Museum, Madrid, at Wikimedia CommonsDaniel Victor reports ("Drag events... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Poolboys, Ménages à Trois Involving White Evangelical Leaders, Alleged Supreme...
The second installment of Jemar Tisby's video series on the topic "White Nation Under God," about which I've posted previously, is now online. Read more
Posted on 20 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Salient Warnings Against Celebrating Results of Recent U.S. Elections Prematurely
Gabriela Ruellan, Nine different shades of red to illustrate the look and scope of the color red, at Wikimedia CommonsTwo sobering assessments of the results... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Same-Sex Marriage, Abortion, Contraception: The Political Conundrum for...
Gallup Values and Belief poll, May 2021, in Record-High 70% in Justin McCarthy, "U.S. Support Same-Sex Marriage"Some noteworthy recent commentary on the... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
On the Twitterpocalypse
David Ljungdahl illustration in 1910 Swedish edition of Jules Verne's "Captain Grant's Children," from Wikimedia CommonsThings are … happening … at Twitter. Read more
Posted on 18 November 2022 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY