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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Comments at Bilgrimage Now Include Media Option — With Thanks to Chris Morley
A new year's gift to you all, through the kindness of Chris Morley: Chris has told me that Disqus has the ability to permit comments to include photos, sound,... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Frank Cocozzelli Presents His Annual Coughie Award: And the Winners Are . . ....
It's that time of year — Coughie time! I have come to look forward to Frank Cocozzelli's annual announcement of his Coughlin Award, given to the U.S. Read more
Posted on 31 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Twitter Bans Language Promoting Violence Against Targeted Minority Groups:...
Reuters reports (by way of Religion News Service) this morning: Twitter Inc has clarified its definition of abusive behavior that will prompt it to delete... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on Tamir Rice Story: "Tamir Would Be Alive If He Were White"
Lead headline at Huffington Post this morning.Noteworthy commentary I've read in the last two days about the Tamir Rice case in Cleveland, which I'd like to... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
NCR's Editorial Naming Greg Bourke and Michael DeLeon Persons of the Year: Word...
As of 3:30 P.M. CST in North America, National Catholic Reporter's editorial naming Greg Bourke and Michael DeLeon has garnered 310 comments. In typical... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
NCR's Choice of Greg Bourke and Michael DeLeon As Persons of the Year: A Pretty...
A footnote to what I posted yesterday about the editorial announcement of National Catholic Reporter that it has chosen as its 2015 persons of the year the... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
National Catholic Reporter Editorializes: "How Will We As a Church Live with...
Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 16, 2013National Catholic... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Looking Back at 2015 on Christmas Day: "The Light Around Us Remains, We Take...
More Christmas gifts I've unwrapped this morning, that I now want to give to you, my friends and fellow pilgrims around the world:Donald E. Miller notes the... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Why Ebola Never Reached Many of Us: A Christmas Day Sermon from Tim Cunningham...
There's a beautiful Christmas sermon wrapped up in Tim Cunningham's narrative about why the U.S. never got Ebola (hint: it's about people working together acros... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Christmas Eve Greetings with Photos
Camellia blooming beside our porch as Christmas nears.This Christmas eve, sending good wishes to all Bilgrimage readers of any or no religious persuasions — wit... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Catholic Committee of Appalachia Releases People's Pastoral Including LGBT...
Today, the Catholic Committee of Appalachia released its "People's Pastoral" (pdf file) entitled "The Telling Takes Us Home; Taking Our Place in the Stories tha... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Alan McCornick on Why Religion Is the Problem: "Imagine a World Where...
An early Christmas gift: Alan McCornick's smart, wonderfully dense (think an outstanding slice of dark, rich fruitcake), fetchingly written essay about... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Video in Which Biblical Verses Are Mistaken for Quran Texts Goes Viral: Why Are...
As Steve Benen notes, the video at the head of the posting, in which two young men in the Netherlands read verses from a Bible disguised as the Quran to people... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As the Solstice Arrives, Christian Radio Stations in Bible Belt Prepare for Birt...
As we approach the solstice, the day of the year with least light, a report to you from on the ground in the deep, dark heart of the bible belt, where hysteria... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
New Ways Ministry on Belmont Abbey College's Policy Discriminating Against...
As wild hair reports in a comment here this morning, New Ways Ministry's Bondings 2.0 blog has now published a statement about Belmont Abbey College's request t... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Verdict in Philadelphia Gay-Bashing Case from 2014: Catholic Juror Notes (and...
And another quote to share with you this evening (well, it's evening in my neck of the woods): as many of you may now have read, Kathryn Knott, one of those... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Mary Elizabeth Williams on Massachusetts Ruling Forbidding Catholic Schools to...
Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon on the ruling handed down yesterday by Judge Douglas Wilkins in Massachusetts about Fontbonne Academy's rescinding of a contrac... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Judicial Ruling in Massachusetts: Catholic Schools Cannot Claim That Religious...
And so yesterday as I was blogging about the choice of a Catholic school on the far-right fringes of U.S. political life and of the Catholic academy to obtain... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Belmont Abbey College in National News Again: Claims Catholic...
I have shared with you the story of how a Catholic college in North Carolina owned by a Benedictine community destroyed my career as a Catholic theologian and... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Derrick De Lise's Interview with Me — "Courageous Conversation with Bill Lindsey...
Several days ago, I shared with you a link to an interview that Derrick De Lise did with me, and published at his blog Inexorable Pilgrim. Read more
Posted on 16 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
