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: Myth That Incidents of Hate-Tinged Violence Have Diminished...
D. Watkins on the continued spiking of incidents of hate-oriented violence in the U.S. after Trump's election, from which he keeps us distracted with his... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Rachel Held Evans on White Evangelical Roots of Trump's Decision to Ditch Paris...
I try not to blame white evangelicals for everything, but their rejection of mainstream science did the world no favors today. Read more
Posted on 01 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the News: Conservatives Respond Differently to Kathy Griffin's Tasteless Stun...
Items I've read online this morning, which catch my attention as important — and, for that reason, I want to share them with you. Read more
Posted on 01 June 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
National Catholic Reporter: "Describing the Trump Administration as "Pro-Life"...
Describing the Trump administration as "pro-life" drains the expression of any meaning.This is a very fine line in the National Catholic Reporter editorial abou... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Trump Administration Is Dismantling Its Predecessor's Moves to Protect Women,...
David Gushee, "The Most Fantastic Association of Men Imaginable"In one morning, I read (1),The Trump administration is dismantling its predecessor's moves to... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Strange That a Political Movement That's Totally Not About Racism Would, Once...
As a footnote to what I posted yesterday about how "pro-life" white Catholics would be well-advised to drop their act of pretend innocence about what they're... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Morgan Guyton on Ugliness of Toxic Christianity Laid Bare in Trump Era, Robert P...
The Republicans Are the Party of Thugs and Nazis https://t.co/eV9AYavLlL— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) May 26, 2017What Morgan Guyton knows as a Southerner about ho... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Trump Meets Francis, Twitter Talks: One Photo Seen Through Many Eyes
Ok everyone, this is the photo we're going to be using for memes today. Godspeed. pic.twitter.com/jGUWt5aYMh— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 24, 2017On... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on Manchester Terrorism: "Women [and Girls] Are the Canaries in the...
Thought-provoking commentary I have read on the Manchester terrorist bombing as in all likelihood an attack quite specifically targeting girls:Michael Daly:... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Franklin Graham's Response to Students Walking Out on Mike Pence at Graduation:...
Diane Winston, "A Pence Presidency Would Give Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Vision a Run for its Money": Online and off, the term Christofascism is creeping into... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Deborah Jian Lee on Hijacking of White Evangelicalism by Politics: "That's at th...
In a just-published interview with Deborah Jian Lee, author of Rescuing Jesus: How People of Color, Women, and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelicalism,... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Arlie Hochschild on Race as "Elephant in the Room" of Trump's America: "Racial...
For the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday, David Talbot interviewed Arlie Hochschild, author of the acclaimed book Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The White Churches and American Racism: Three Recent Statements — "Among...
4 in 5 white evangelicals, 3 in 5 white Catholics and Mormons — "pro-life" voters — brought us the Trump nightmare. I will not forget. Read more
Posted on 20 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on Evangelical Leader Mike Pence and His Role in Trump's...
Rolando has pointed us in a rcent comment to some valuable analysis of the role being played by vice-president Mike Pence — a noted "Catholic evangelical" leade... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"People in Control in Gilead Aren't 'Really Interested in Religion; They’re...
To complement the notes I have just posted about Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, here are some observations from my news-and-commentary reading in the... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Some Notes on Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Intersectionality:...
A fascinating aspect of Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale, especially in the Hulu series that we continue watching, is how it weaves together issues of feminism... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Religion (and Politics) Stories in the News: Evangelicals, White Supremacist...
Some things I have been reading/listening to/sharing in the past few days, which may interest many of you:In the video above, John Fugelsang tells Joy Reid... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Move to Impeach Judge Wendell Griffen: "Latest Effort to Punish a Judge, a...
I thought I'd update you today on what's happening with my friend Judge (and Reverend) Wendell Griffen right now. As his recent Democracy Now! Read more
Posted on 12 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Trump's Education Secretary DeVos Presents Commencement Address at...
Mr. Trump's Secretary of Education (and right-wing Christian activist) Betsy DeVos was the commencement speaker yesterday at the historically black United... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Frances FitzGerald's The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America, on Billy...
One of the important contributions of Frances FitzGerald's book The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America (NY: Simon Schuster, 2017) is that it... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2017 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
