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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Diarmaid MacCulloch Again, on How Anger of Aggrieved Heterosexual Males Drives...
As I think about the firing of Tony Spence of Catholic News Service this past week and about the underlying heterosexist and male-privileged worldview that the... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Three More Takes on Amoris Laetitia: Danger of Continuing "Toxic Patterns of...
Peter Steinfels at Commonweal: Like others, I was disappointed in some aspects of Amoris Laetitia. One was its treatment of contraception. Read more
Posted on 15 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
U.S. Bishops Fire Tony Spence of Catholic News Service for Tweeting Criticism...
Attacks on .@TonySpence of .@CatholicNewsSvc by conservative bloggers "too much for .@USCCB " Spences asked to quit https://t. Read more
Posted on 15 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Keeping the Conversation About Amoris Laetitia Real: "There Are Absolutely No...
Father Francis X. Clooney looks at Pope Francis's statement in Amoris Laetitia (§251) that there are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Keeping the Conversation About Amoris Laetitia Real: Pope Repeats Injunction...
Yesterday, I wrote,Catholic institutions have been violating the human rights of LGBTQ human beings even while the Catechism of the Catholic Church tells... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Keeping the Conversation About Amoris Laetitia Real: New Commentary by Mary Hunt...
Good morning! Are you as tired as I am of hearing about Amoris Laetitia? I know full well I have made myself tiresome talking about it to some folks connected t... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "When Cardinals Say That Church Teaching...
I'm glad to see this insightful comment by reader rdp46 featured today at National Catholic Reporter as the top comment in response to NCR's initial set of... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Keeping the Conversation About Amoris Laetitia Real: "Everyone Uses and Throws...
I'm now reading Amoris Laetitia — slowly — and am taking some notes on it. Here's a passage from §39 that makes me stop and think. Read more
Posted on 11 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Seven Notes Re: Amoris Laetitia and the Papacy of Pope Francis As a Project to...
Some mental notes as I'm making as I begin to read Amoris Laetitia carefully:1. Official Catholic documents — like papal encyclicals and papal exhortations — ar... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Mary Hunt Sums Up Amoris Laetitia: "Alas, the Hetero Monogamous Ideal Remains...
For The Tablet, Catholic theologian Mary Hunt sums up what a missed opportunity Amoris Laetitia is (though those dancing to the tune of the church talkers will... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Sunday Stories for You: Dancing Outside the Lines of Church Talk and Church Folks
At the very outset of the American democratic experiment, Alexis de Tocqueville warned us about an ironic effect he could already perceive in our attempt to mak... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
William Saletan on Amoris Laetitia As Closeted Argument for Gay Marriage: Growin...
Another interesting piece of (non-insider) commentary on Amoris Laetitia to which I want to point you today: William Saletan at Slate. Read more
Posted on 09 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"There Is Almost Complete Silence on Homosexuality" in Amoris Laetitia: There's...
So, silence. What to do about silence? Massimo Faggioli writes about Amoris Laetitia, There is almost complete silence on homosexuality; only paragraphs 250... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Sifting Through More Commentary on Amoris Laetitia: "There Is Almost Complete...
Though I have not yet read the exhortation on family just published by Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia, (except in excerpts provided in commentary I've been... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Michael Boyle on North Carolina Bishops' Praise of Anti-LGBTQ Hate Law and Who...
This is not unrelated to the discussion of Amoris Laetitia that I began in my first two postings this morning: I'd like to recommend to you as a companion... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Barbie Latza Nadeau on Amoris Laetitia As No Good News for Women: Denial of...
Did I say something earlier today about the pope's "exhortation" on family Amoris Laetitia (still haven't read it, still reading commentary) being all about... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Amoris Laetitia: No Good News for LGBTQ People Or Women — The Commentary Begins
Good news! The definition of mercy remains securely in the hands of heterosexual (and heterosexual-posturing) men this morning. God's in His heaven and all is... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commonweal Editor Matthew Sitman on Mississippi and North Carolina Anti-LGBTQ...
Commonweal associate editor Matthew Sitman on the "freedom for me but not for thee" approach to religious freedom of the new anti-LGBTQ legislation in... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Welcome to the Year of Mercy. You're...
Father Peter Daly, pastor of St. John Vianney parish in Prince Frederick, Maryland, writing in National Catholic Reporter yesterday:"Welcome to the Year of... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
North Carolina Catholic Bishops Peter Jugis and Michael Burbidge Issue Warm Than...
On Holy Saturday, I wrote that Steve and I had chosen to celebrate Easter with Christian communities that actually welcome us and invite us to participate in... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
