William Lindsey
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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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In the News: "Religious Freedom" and "Right" to Discriminate; Roots of...
Religion-themed news from the past several days that has caught my eye, and which I'd like to share with you:Jim Newell, "Trump Answers Prayers: With the help o... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Paul Ryan and the House Chaplain: Gospel According to Ayn Trumps Gospel of...
If they fired Fr. Conroy for praying for God’s politics in the House, they will also have to get rid of Moses and Isaiah, Deborah and Jesus, Frederick Douglass... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Asking a Favor of You, Please
May I please ask a favor of readers of Bilgrimage? If you have made a comment here through the Disqus system, have seen it show up in the thread in which you... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
From the Lynching Tree to Donald Trump: Taking James Cone Seriously As We Examin...
James Cone explains to Chris Hedges what motivated him to write his magisterial work The Cross and the Lynching Tree: And then the other question was, how... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In Memory of James Cone: "The Conspicuous Absence of the Lynching Tree in...
The lynching tree—so strikingly similar to the cross on Golgotha—should have a prominent place in American images of Jesus' death. But it does not. Read more
Posted on 29 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Mark Labberton to Fellow White Evangelicals on Collusion with Trump: "Such...
The following is from a statement that Fuller Seminary President Dr. Mark Labberton gave to the "evangelical consultation" at Wheaton College on 16 April 2018. Read more
Posted on 27 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ruth Krall, "Reflections Vis-à-vis Today’s SNAP": A Guest Posting — "Onus Is on...
As longtime Bilgrimage readers will know, I've been a longtime supporter of the group Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests (SNAP). Read more
Posted on 26 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Toronto Van Attack: We "Continue to Find Any Reason for Violent Misogyny...
Emer O'Toole, "If incels' violent misogyny had a role in Toronto, we mustn't downplay it":While unfounded rumours that the attacker was a jihadist mushroomed... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Desiring God on Why Homosexuality Is Not Like Other Sins: A Response
they’re finally saying what they’ve never been bold enough to say pic.twitter.com/oGSFUYnigO— Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) April 23, 2018As Broderick... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ed Kilgore: "If You Take White Evangelicals Out of the Picture, Trump's...
Never mind Fox. Trump’s most reliable media mouthpiece is now Christian TV https://t.co/eROC5YeHOB via @POLITICOMag pic.twitter. Read more
Posted on 23 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Gerald Slevin on Pius IX and the Doctrine of Infallibility: Pope Francis Can Mak...
Earlier today, I linked to a very fine statement by Irish lay Catholic Ursula Halligan in response to recent comments by Archbishop Eamon Martin of Ireland. Read more
Posted on 21 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Saturday News Items: How We Became Troll Nation; Men Need to Be Saved from...
Here are some bits and pieces of news commentary I've read in the last two days that I'd like to recommend to you. In the video at the head of the posting,... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Friday Photo Essay: Cigars, Phallic Twattery, and Keeping a Woman Out of the...
Heather Dockray, "Who are these cartoon villains driving around with Rudy Giuliani?" As Dockray reports, the photo of Giuliani and Roger Ailes sporting cigars i... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on Recent News: White Evangelical Fervor for Trump at Record High; White...
Jacqueline Thomsen, "Poll: White evangelical support for Trump at record high"Some odds and ends of commentary on news items today — several of them items I hav... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Wednesday Long Reads: Trump and White Evangelicals; New Book on Trump and...
Three long-read excerpts from essays I've read today that I think are very good reads — and which I'd like to recommend:1. Nina Burleigh, "Trump and White... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Getting Crueler, Smaller, Uglier" — "And We're Being Led Into War by a Corrupt...
@Starbucks The police were called because these men hadn’t ordered anything. They were waiting for a friend to show up, who did as they were taken out in... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Men Who Run Things: Phallic Culture, Phallic Politics, Phallic Religion,...
Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky (NY: Tor Books, 2016), p. 229.Charles Pierce, "Michael Cohen Should've 'Tread Very F*cking Lightly'":Cohen was... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the News: Another Day, Another Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man; POTUS...
These are thought-provoking things I've read in the past several days I thought I'd pass on to you:Eric Levitz, "50 Years After His Assassination, We Are No... Read more
Posted on 06 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Remembering Martin Luther King's Death: "Such Barbarism and Inhumanity . . ....
Fifty years after Dr. King was murdered, the giant evils of racism, militarism, and capitalist materialism he challenged with increasing alarm and anger during... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
POTUS Headed to Church on Easter Day: "NEED WALL!" — Deep Shame of White America...
‘NEED WALL!’: Trump Heads to Easter Service After Threatening Mexico, Attacking Democrats https://t.co/t1BkpKInqB pic.twitter. Read more
Posted on 02 April 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
