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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New Normal in U.S. Politics As Trump Rises: "Little Führers" and White...
Out of curiosity, I found the first NYT reference to Adolf Hitler. Nov. 21, 1922. Amazing last three paragraphs. pic.twitter.com/VhBnlSsfNm— Jon Ostrower... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Goldie Taylor Notes Rise of New Dixiecrat Voters with Trump, Michael Sean Winter...
Goldie Taylor comments on how Donald Trump represents the rise of New Dixiecrats whose geographic range is not confined to the American south:According to the... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Rant and Its Shortcomings As a Method of Moral Decision-Making: More on...
Connected to what I said earlier today about the self-righteous anger and how it has a way of shutting us off from everyone else in the world who does not... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Anger of Followers of Trump the Strongman-cum-Carnival Barker, Anger About...
See "Anger and Aggression," APA.Anger's in the news right now. For Americans, anger's in the very air we breathe at present. Read articles analyzing the... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
National Catholic Reporter on "Spotlight" Win: "The Mighty, Indeed, Have Fallen...
National Catholic Reporter editorializes about "Spotlight"'s winning best picture at the Oscar ceremonies last evening:With "Spotlight" awarded the Oscar for... Read more
Posted on 29 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Movie Recommendation: "The Lady in the Van"
Since I've talked movies here earlier today, it occurs to me to recommend another film Steve and I saw this past weekend — Nicholas Hytner's "The Lady in the... Read more
Posted on 29 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Spotlight" Shines Brighter, Wins Best Feature Oscar!
Well. This is amazing news to have awakened to this morning. Even as His Eminence Cardinal George Pell was saying the following in Rome after his security guard... Read more
Posted on 29 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"I Love the Evangelicals!": More on Love Affair Between White Evangelicals and...
Why Evangelicals Are Flocking To @realDonaldTrump: https://t.co/CoJkLIrokH pic.twitter.com/hPcziiKcJV— In These Times (@inthesetimesmag) February 23, 2016As... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Here Comes Trump the Butcher with a Heaping Plate" of the Reddest of Meat: So...
So how have we gotten here, in the nation with the soul of a church? How have we gotten to the point at which racism, misogyny, homophobia, and xenophobia of th... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More News: Scalia, Scalia, Scalia, and Trump, Trump, Trump (Plus Pope Francis)
And still more pieces of commentary I'd like to recommend to you today — these on political themes (but since Pope Francis has blessed Aristotle's definition... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In Catholic News: Smoke, Mirrors, and Pope Francis on Abuse; Pope's...
Some bits and pieces of commentary that has caught my eye in recent days, which I want to pass on to you. These snippets are all commenting on recent... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Francis DeBernardo on Discrepancy Between Pope's Political Intervention in U.S....
Francis DeBernardo at Bondings 2.0 on the . . . curious . . . discrepancy between Pope Francis's choice to wade into politics in the U.S. Read more
Posted on 20 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Abuse Survivor Megan Peterson on Pope Francis's Recent Statement About Holding...
In what I posted earlier today about Pope Francis's recent statement that a bishop who moves a priest to another parish when a case of pedophilia is discovered... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Some Questions I'd Like to Ask: Why Do Some Abuse Survivors (in My Experience,...
I have some questions to ask you readers. I've been kicking around some of these questions in my head after attending the national SNAP gathering last year and... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the News: The Pope, the Donald, the Gospel, Walls and Bridges,...
Pope Francis on Trump: "A person who thinks only about building walls...is not Christian." https://t.co/Okm5PaOStx pic.twitter. Read more
Posted on 19 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Call to Cardinal Pell to Come Home and Face the Music Ruffles His Eminence's...
Even in Lent we can laugh, right? Though sometimes it's through our tears.Yesterday, I mentioned that there's a crowdfunding campaign underway right now to rais... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"What Proceeded from There Encapsulated the Vast Reasons Why Women Abandon...
Kaya Oakes, The Nones Are Alright: A New Generation of Believers, Seekers, and Those in Between ( Maryknoll, NY: Orbis 2015): One Mother's Day, while I was... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Note of Apology: I've Fallen Behind in Acknowledging Your Comments; I Do...
This is a quick note to tell you all that I've fallen behind again with acknowledging comments here, and I apologize for having done so. Read more
Posted on 17 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Update on Story That Vatican's Telling Bishops They Need Not Report Abuse to...
Last week, I noted that it was being reported that the Vatican is informing newly appointed bishops that they do not have an obligation to report sexual abuse o... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: Fred Clark on Death of Antonin Scalia and How to Avoid Having...
Fred Clark on the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia:Supreme Court justices, like popes, are granted vast power as ultimate arbiters — power mostly... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
