William Lindsey
Description
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.
MY BLOGS
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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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"Do I Matter?" "Am I Human?" — Questions Some of Us Force Others of Us to Ask,...
Top headline, Huffington Post U.S., 9 A.M., 24 Sept. 2016 — 44 days before presidential electionRyan Grim writes,The reaction of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
It's Beyond Time That We Stop Placing Any Human Beings in the Position in Which...
Last week, I finished reading Edward Baptist's book The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism (NY: Basic Books, 2014), a... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Things Getting Interesting in Catholic Liturgies: Polish Bishops Decree Sign of...
One more gloss on today's news:Gosh, folks, things are about to get very interesting at Catholic liturgies. I might need to consider returning just for the show... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Glossolalia: Another Firing of Gay* Catholic Employee; Young Still Leaving...
Glosses on the day's news:1. You'll be shocked at this story (not!): another day, another firing of a gay* employee of a Catholic institution in the U.S.: Bob... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Francis Effect for Gay* Folks? Still Elusive, As Bishops Around Globe Throw His...
Yesterday, I drew your attention to a just-published essay by Patricia Miller which suggests that the U.S. Catholic bishops have done less saber-rattling this... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Kali Holloway on Online Trolling and How It's Getting Worse with Trump: "Angry...
Kali Holloway thinks online trolling is getting much, much worse. Because Trump, to a great extent. Trump legitimates bullying, overt expression of hatred ("I... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Patricia Miller on Why White Catholics of the John Paul II Church May Be...
In a just-published essay at Religion Dispatches, Patricia Miller takes a sharp look at the discernible trend of white Catholics towards Hillary Clinton and awa... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
No, Trevin Wax, Genesis Creation Accounts Aren't About "Family Structure" —...
As I've mentioned to you previously, I find myself in this pre-election season spending more and more of my online time sharing information in my Facebook and... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Reader Writes (But Not to Me): Impossible to Talk About "the Catholic Vote"...
Another "reader writes" posting today — though this one is a comment at another site, not a Bilgrimage comment. At Religion Dispatches, Neil J. Read more
Posted on 18 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Readers Write: Butching Up the Priesthood, Hoplophilia Among the Clergy,...
Sparkling commentary here in the past several days, which I've been reading with delight, amusement, and amazement (who knew there's such a thing as... Read more
Posted on 18 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Richard Sipe on Why Benedict XVI's Sexual Orientation Matters and Must Be...
In a 2012 essay at his website entitled "Is Pope Benedict Gay?," Richard W. Sipe maintains that "[t]he time has passed when popes are immune from observation... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
On the De-Gaying of Popes (and Saints): The Media May Sell, But I'm Not Buying
At Catholic news and blog sites, I'm now reading comments the gist of which is to say that if the media and biographers have declared Pope Benedict XVI to be... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Violent Thuggery Continues at Trump Rallies, As Media Hare After Rumors About...
I'm just now seeing this information that provides an important footnote to what I posted earlier today about the criminals and thugs who are being attracted... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Violent Thuggery Continues at Trump Rallies, As Media Hare After Rumors About...
176 Reasons Donald Trump Shouldn't Be President—The Closer with @KeithOlbermann, Episode 1 https://t.co/s54r0KpFad— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) September 13,... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Catholic Church Cannot Alter Teaching on...
Michael Sean Winters writes that the Catholic church cannot alter its teaching on marriage because, "On marriage, there is explicit teaching over centuries. Read more
Posted on 13 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Arkansas Catholic Schools and Discrimination Against Gay Students: But These...
As the Catholic diocese of Little Rock implements a cruel new policy for Catholic schools throughout Arkansas that makes gay* students invisible (see here, here... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Recommendation: Stephen Edward De Weger's Thesis "Clerical Sexual Misconduct...
A resource I'd like to recommend to you: Stephen Edward de Weger's master's thesis (pdf) in the School of Justice of Queensland University of Technology's... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: "Religious Liberty Was Never Intended to Give...
Anne Hilt, "Religious Freedom' Means Putting LGBT Americans Back in the Closet"Martin R. Castro, chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in the newly... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Caring for Creation Central To Pope Francis' Papacy (Well, As Long As Creation I...
Tony Magliano writes that caring for creation is central to Pope Francis' papacy.Well, as long as creation is not gay.** Gay = Read more
Posted on 12 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Twitter Has Field Day with Ridiculous GOP (and Mainstream Media)...
1. If you want to know what's wrong with media coverage in 2016, read this paragraph https://t.co/LJ6cr0VoGV pic.twitter.com/u7sCd00nur— Judd Legum... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
