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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Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: When We Already Know That Every Zygote Is ...
In a just-published essay, National Catholic Reporter regular Phyllis Zagano, who was recently appointed to the papal commission to study ordination of women... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"We've Got to Get Past the Fact That Sexual Orientation Is a Reason to...
I continue working on the writing project I've been commissioned to write about Garrard Conley's painful, beautiful memoir Boy Erased, a story of growing up... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
On Wrecking of Online Conversation Spaces by Trolls: Recent Commentary
Because I happen to have run across two very good pieces of commentary in the past day or so, about how trolls are trashing open discussion spaces online and... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Footnote to Commentary on Bishop Vincent Long's Ann D. Clark Lecture: Link Is No...
A footnote to what I posted yesterday about the disappearing link to Bishop Vincent Long's Ann D. Clark lecture, which had been uploaded to the website of his... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
On a Disappearing Lecture by a Bishop Challenging Injustice Towards Gay Folks:...
Last Friday, the publication Catholic Outlook, a publication of the Catholic diocese of Parramatta in Australia, uploaded to its website the text of a lecture... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Peter Montgomery on How Right-Wing Christians Justify Support for Trump;...
Trump is calling for “extreme vetting” of immigrants. Can his own supporters pass the test? https://t.co/EURoHVGdXQ pic.twitter. Read more
Posted on 22 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Michael Coren: Not Only Did Some Christians Oppose Slavery — Many Christians...
As Michael Coren reminds us in his Epiphany: A Christian's Change of Mind and Heart Over Same-Sex Marriage (Toronto: Signal, 2016), p. Read more
Posted on 19 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
What Earthly Good Do Churches Do? On Christian Support for Donald Trump, and...
Michael Boyle describes, and brilliantly so, the turning that happened inside him after he entered the Dominicans and began preparing for ordination — and then... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the Midst of Death We Are in Life: Spiritual Resources for Living (Gracefully...
Legendary New Orleans jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain died on 6 August, and his funeral was held two days ago at St. Louis cathedral in New Orleans. Read more
Posted on 19 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Michael Coren: Let's Not Forget That Many Churches Used to Oppose (and Not Long...
Another snippet from Michael Coren's Epiphany: A Christian's Change of Mind and Heart Over Same-Sex Marriage (Toronto: Signal, 2016), p. 67. Read more
Posted on 17 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Claims of Persecution and Catholic Support for Trump: Need to Move Beyond...
In a recent essay for Fortune, Matthew Schmalz, who teaches religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, suggests that Donald Trump resonates with some... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Michael Coren: In Cultures Where Young People Have an Easier Time Being Gay...
Earlier today, I wrote, This tribal, defensive, parochialism [of the leaders of the Catholic church in the U.S., including its pastoral leaders and its... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Do All the Good You Can": Not the Catholic Cup of Tea — Really?!
As I noted last week, it is fashionable in some circles within the U.S. Catholic commentariat — I'm going to call these circles centrist ones (and more on that... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
John Pavlovitz Commemorates Pulse Massacre: "49 LGBTQ Children Were Murdered in ...
On this eve of the two-month anniversary of the mass shooting of gay* people at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando — the deadliest mass shooting by a single... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
On the World of Meanness Hidden in Doctrinally Pure Catholicism: When the...
1. Polish Dominican priest Father Pawel Guzinski, who is not situated in the hard-right wing of Polish Catholicism, as far as I can determine, told National... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
We've Ended Up with Donald Trump Because the U.S. Churches — the White Ones —...
1. It is frightening to be in the final period of one's life, to be gay, and to see someone like Donald Trump not only rising to power in one's own nation, but... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
I'm Here, and Appreciate Your Asking After Me; My Apologies for Being Silent
Thank you all for asking about me. I've had a number of emails from people asking how I am, and I see John's comment today asking if I'm in a coma.I'm in the... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Michael Coren's Epiphany and Garrard Conley's Boy Erased: "America Remains a...
I'm now reading Michael Coren's book Epiphany: A Christian’s Change of Heart and Mind Over Same-Sex Marriage (Toronto: Signal, 2016). Read more
Posted on 02 August 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Fred Clark on Rev. William J. Barber's Moral Revolution: A Rebuke to White...
As Fred Clark says, there's a reason Rev. William J. Barber cited "Revive Us Again," a venerable hymn long beloved by Southern white evangelicals, in his... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"This Campaign Is a Choice Between a Normal Political Party and an Abnormal One"...
Ezra Klein on the significance (a moral significance) of the 2016 U.S. presidential elections:This campaign is not merely a choice between the Democratic and... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
