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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Quote for Day: Alexander Stille on What Pope Benedict Knew About Abuse in the...
Alexander Stille in The New Yorker yesterday, commenting on the disclosure by a German lawyer that 231 boys were abused in the Regensburg cathedral choir over... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Anglican Communion Sanctions Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop of ECUSA...
As Chris Morley has reported to us in several comments, at its Primates 2016 meeting in Canterbury, the Anglican Communion chose yesterday to sanction the... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More Commentary on Frederick Clarkson's New Essay About Religious Freedom:...
More valuable commentary today about Frederick Clarkson's report on religious freedom entitled "When Exemption Is the Rule: The Religious Freedom Strategy of th... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Little Sisters of the Poor, Kim Davis, and the Challenge of Preserving...
As Frederick Clarkson points out in a just-published (and exhaustive and richly-resourced) must-read overview of the religious liberty battles facing us in the... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Kim Davis Does the SOTU — With Little Sisters of the Poor: Anti-Obama...
Here's Rowan County, Kentucky, Clerk Kim Davis at the #SOTU https://t.co/OhpUpmqIlX pic.twitter.com/XLhBPXqOmT— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) January 13, 2016And... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Note of Thanks to Those Who Make This Blog Possible — Above All, My Husband...
As a new year gets underway, I feel moved to make a statement of heartfelt thanks here — thanks to my husband Steve, who makes it possible for me to blog (and... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Why Wheaton College Is Really Going After Dr. Larycia Hawkins: The Full Story...
Several days ago, I took note of Wheaton College's firing of its controversial tenured theology professor, Dr. Larycia Hawkins. Many of you will know that Dr. Read more
Posted on 12 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
African-American United Methodist Minister Asks Other African-American...
I know some Bilgrimage readers have been following (and participating in) the mind-blowing discussion of Gil Caldwell's Religion News Service article at Nationa... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
New Interview with Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa: "Today the Church Is One of...
Yesterday, LGBT News Italia published an interview with the former Vatican official Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa, who made a public announcement that he is gay... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Michael Sean Winters on Bishops' Treatment of LGBT People: "Affirmation of the...
Several days ago, when I took note of National Catholic Reporter columnist Michael Sean Winters' soft selling of a statement by Cardinal Donald Wuerl defending... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: Federal Government Treads Lightly with White Right-Wing Insurgent...
Glen Ford explains why the federal government punks out when confronting white right-wing insurgents: When a criminal justice system born in Native American... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Reading the Signs of the Times: Five Interconnected Stories from Today's News...
These seemingly disconnected stories have several things in common. What do you think? What common thread(s) do you spot here? Read more
Posted on 08 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"If I Believe It Sincerely Enough, I Have the Right to Deny You Rights":...
Religious freedom (as in, "If I believe it hard and sincerely enough, I have the right to deny rights to you: because my God tells me so! Read more
Posted on 07 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
More on the Religious Roots of What's Happening in Oregon: Mr. Bundy Cites...
More in the yes-it-does-have-religious-roots category, re: what's happening in Oregon right now:As Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch yesterday, Ammon... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Firing of LGBT Employees in Catholic...
In an essay published yesterday by National Catholic Reporter, Michael Sean Winters quotes approvingly a statement by Washington, D.C. Read more
Posted on 06 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
LDS Church Dissociates Itself from Bundys: More on Mormon Connection to Oregon...
Yesterday, I wrote about how one of the fascinating aspects of how at least non-mainstream sources are reporting about the occupation of a federal building in... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pathology of Internalized Homophobia in Gay-Bashing Catholic Clerics: "How...
The synchonicity of conversations on the worldwide web never fails to intrigue me — discourse community linking to discourse community when they're to all... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Valuable Commentary Oregon Situation: "Did I Miss the Call for the National Guar...
Did I miss the call for the national guard in Oregon? I recall them in Ferguson and Baltimore. #OregonUnderAttack— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 3,... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
With Bundy Family in a New Standoff with Federal Government, Ties to Extreme...
Should we call them Mormon extremists? After writing this, I'm legitimately thinking we should. #bundymilitia https://t.co/6rm4AcJlBv— John Sepulvado... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
NY Times Claim That Anti-Gay Laws in Africa Are Blowback for U.S. Intervention:...
I have to admit that I raised my eyebrows a few weeks ago when the New York Times published Norimitsu Onishi's article citing various African commentators... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2016 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
