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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The Long and Short of It: Evangelical Mulligans and Idiot Winds — Religion in th...
“Family Research Council head says that evangelical conservatives are willing to overlook Trump’s past behavior so long as he delivers for them on policy”... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
It's the Clericalism, Stupid: Valuable Commentary on How Pope Francis' Approach...
“They Have No Intention of Changing”: An Interview with Sex Abuse Expert on Pope’s Fierce Defense of Accused Bishop https://t. Read more
Posted on 23 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Final Note on a Chatty Day: Please See Valuable Discussion of Pope's Comments...
The Guardian, 19 January 2018On a day when I've been perhaps too chatty here (posting too much at one time, I fear, when Brittie Janson Perez's essay richly... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
When "Pro-Life" Christianity Becomes Death-Dealing: An Intra-Catholic Twitter...
This week I spoke to a gay man who lost his job at his parish. Spoke to an *autistic* (and celibate) gay man whose pastor said he could only receive Communion... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
When "Pro-Life" Christianity Becomes Death-Dealing: An Intra-Catholic Twitter...
Being "pro life" means defending the lives ofthe unborn and the sick the poorthe homelessthe agedthe mentally challengedthe inmatethe refugeeand the person or... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Brittmarie Janson Perez, "Sen. Dianne Feinstein and the American Civil Spirit"
It's my privilege today to share with you another essay by Brittmarie Janson Perez, in which she lauds Senator Dianne Feinstein for her many extremely... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Standing Ovation at Highpoint Church, Memphis, for Pastor Who Sexually...
Church: When the prevailing word is boys will be boys, then we are saying girls will be garbage.And the church needs to not dismiss "incidents" -- but call it... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Cameron Altaras, "Mennonite Harvey Weinsteins, Or #MeToo in the Mennonite World"
I'm honored today to share with you another essay from the Mennonite world, one making powerful connections between the #MeToo movement and the recovery of the... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
David Jackson, "Catholics Compromised Themselves in Voting for Trump"
David Jackson, a reader of Bilgrimage who is a member of Call to Action in Edinburg, Texas, posted this piece two days ago as a comment here. Read more
Posted on 10 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Short (Mostly) and Sweet (Sometimes) Takes on Today's News: "'A Culture Broken b...
The charges against the Bundys, who led an armed standoff at their ranch in 2014, have been dismissed by a federal judge https://t. Read more
Posted on 09 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Charles Pierce on How "It's Not About Race Because Nothing Ever Is About Race."
Charles Pierce today at his "Politics" blog at Esquire, commenting on the "gerrymandered mess" the Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature has made of... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
No Cake for the Gays and the Libertarian + White Catholic + White Evangelical...
All these pieces fit together: Jeffrey S. Trachtman, "Preserving LGBTQ Equality In The Supreme Court: No Piece of Cake": With LGBTQ rights under open attack by... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ruth E. Krall, "January 6, 2018: Early Morning Reverie" — "Institutional Abuse...
This powerful essay came to my email from Ruth Krall yesterday on the traditional date for the Christian feast of the Epiphany. Read more
Posted on 07 January 2018 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Kathryn Brightbill on U.S. White Evangelicalism in Era of Trump: "A Deeply...
As people compile lists of events and articles that impressed them in 2017 to share on social media, I happened to notice someone I follow on Twitter (and... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
My Response to Timothy Keller on Rebranding White U.S. Evangelicalism: Going to...
A much-needed gloss on Keller's commentary, in my view: he asks if evangelicalism can survive Donald Trump Roy Moore?The historical reality: it DID, in fact,... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
At Year's End: Discussion of What to Do About the Now-Toxic Brand of White...
Wow.Some eye-popping details from @JonathanMerritt regarding a study of America’s 100 largest churches:1. None are LGBTQ-affirming2. 93% are led by a white... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Bishop William G. Curlin: Some Last Words (about Pastoral Image and Pastoral...
I don't like beating dead horses — and could not bring myself to beat a live one, either. I do think it's important to make one final statement about Bishop... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Bishops Like Curlin and Cardinal Law, What They Have Done Is Criminal": A Churc...
In a 27 April 2002 letter to the Charlotte Observer entitled "In Eyes of Abuse Victims, Bishop Curlin Is No Hero,"* Neal Evans of Asheville, North Carolina,... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
What Christmas Means, and Why (White) U.S. Christianity Is in Crisis Now (Hint:...
I took my mom to Christmas mass at @StMonica90403 and got a wonderful surprise. The priest announced all were welcome. Rich, poor, young, old, straight... or... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Remembering Bishop William G. Curlin of Charlotte As Eminently Pastoral...
On 22 January and 3 February 2003, Cardinal Bernard Law was deposed in Boston by attorneys representing abuse survivors. In that deposition, the attorneys... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
