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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Historical Memory and Political Imagination: A Sequel to Yesterday's Posting —...
Here's the historical anecdote I wanted to attach to what I wrote yesterday about how history itself, the real McCoy, the raw data prior to the historical... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Historical Memory and Political Imagination: "When the Discourse of Politics...
What's that I hear you say? More history, please! Or perhaps I'm hearing, at this far distance through the ether of cyberspace, the sound of only one hand... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Jennifer Haselberger's Affidavit in the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocesan...
Before we left for our recent vacation, I made a promise here, I seem to recall, to read and comment on the 22 May affidavit of Jennifer Haselberger, former... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "Christianity's Long, Shameful History of Teaching That Gays and...
Bill Tammeus (who, in addition to being one of the best religion journalists in the U.S. is a Presbyterian elder) compares the struggle of the United Methodist... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
I Spent Five Months in Prison and Got Exiled to Nova Scotia for Loyalty to the...
We're back from our vacation, and it may take me a number of days to get into the swing of posting real stuff here again. I apologize that so many of your very... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on Daniel Berrigan's Forgotten (?) Legacy of Advocacy for LGBTQ People: A...
I'm very grateful for the good conversation that has developed here around the topic of Dan Berrigan's witness to Catholic values of social justice and... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Daniel Berrigan's Legacy: The Forgotten (?) Advocacy for LGBTQ People
Several days ago, I finished reading Patrick Gale's latest novel, A Place Called Winter. A reader of this blog who's also connected to me by Facebook recommende... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Another Footnote to Discussion of Role of Women in Early Christian Rome: Patrici...
#AChurchForOurDaughters https://t.co/frMLqsvLU8 pic.twitter.com/Q3OPZ2soGH— WomensOrdinationConf (@OrdainWomen) May 18, 2016Another footnote to my discussion tw... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Footnote to Discussion of Role of Women in Early Christian Rome: Women Priests...
#Rome poster campaign challenges Catholic ban on female priests #ordainwomen https://t.co/Bn5sncka4j— WomensOrdinationConf (@OrdainWomen) May 26, 2016I cannot... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Nicola Denzey's The Bone Gatherers: The Lost Worlds of Early Christian Women —...
My last posting was, in some respects, a piece of historiographical commentary. It was a meditation of sorts on how historians might face the challenge of the... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Unearthing Hidden LGBTQ Stories in Family History Research: The Mirror That...
A warning before you dive in: this is one of those postings about one of my particular interests, tracking family history. And so it may not be of interest to... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Jennifer Haselberger: "The Philosophy, the Ideology, Has Always Been to Protect...
As abuse survivors in Minnesota charge that the archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis is shielding millions of dollars of assets in a bankruptcy case, Jennifer... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "Liberal Christians Often Pay Lip Service to Many Politically...
At Religion Dispatches, Daniel José Camacho responds to a recent article at the same venue by Ruth Graham which argues that liberal Christians could, if they... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on the Bathroom Wars (and the Role of Religious Folks in Them):...
More commentary for you from the last several days, as a new work week begins: these pieces focus, for the most part, on the current "bathroom wars" in the U.S. Read more
Posted on 23 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More Commentary on Pope Francis and Women Deacons: Jamie Manson and Mary Hunt —...
Here are two more pieces of good commentary I'd like to recommend to you, regarding the discussion of the possibility of studying the place of women deacons in... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
David Gibson and Tom Heneghan Publish Religion News Service Report About Father...
An update as the week ends, on the story of Father Tony Anatrella, about which I've been keeping you posted (and here) as it's discussed in the French media... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on the Claim That Religious Right Is Waning, as Evidence Mounts of Massive...
Two days ago, I posted commentary expressing my own strong reservations about the argument — often pushed by liberal-centrist political commentators — that the... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Supremes Hand Zubik v. Burwell Mess Back to Little Sisters of the Poor, U.S....
Andrew Glass, "Supreme Court Upholds Segregation, May 18, 1896, " PoliticoAs the Supremes hand the Zubik v. Burwell mess back to the Little Sisters of the... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Catholic Scholars Ask About Silence of Liberal Catholics Re: LGBTQ Issues as The...
About a month ago, I summed up my response to so-called liberal or progressive Catholics who praise the recent papal document on the family, Amoris Laetitia,... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The United Methodist Church's General Conference and the Question of Welcoming...
* UMC offer of "all" does not include LGBTQ people.The videotaped theological conversation between Ivone Gebara and me that I've just posted here mentions... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
