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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Detroit Free Press Article About Gay Couple Who Are Active Catholics: An Image o...
If you're looking for a rather neat snapshot of the two theological universes that coexist uneasily in American Catholicism today, especially vis-a-vis the... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Louder and Meaner Trump Talks, Higher His Poll Numbers Surge: Mary Hunt's Call...
And about ten minutes into the Trump rally, this happens. pic.twitter.com/65pXHjsJ3x— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) December 15, 2015We cannot ignore this,... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Charles Pierce and Joelle Casteix on the Rot in the NY Archdiocese: The Sordid...
Until yesterday, the story of what's happening with Father Peter Miqueli and former USCCB president Cardinal Timothy Dolan in the New York archdiocese seemed... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: Judith Light, "It Was the LGBTQ Community That Inspired Me to Be...
Actress Judith Light in an interview with Chris Azzopardi on the light she has found, as a straight advocate, in the LGBTQ community:It was the LGBTQ community... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
U.S. Christian Leaders Speak Out Against Anti-Muslim Hate Speech: Making Advent...
Steve and I went yesterday to a local Episcopal church again, as we observed the third Sunday of Advent. Friends have repeatedly invited us to this church, too ... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Blogger Derrick De Lise Interviews Me About Living As a Gay Christian at...
I'm grateful to Derrick De Lise for publishing an interview with me at his Inexorable Pilgrim site yesterday. Derrick entitles his interview "Courageous... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Frank Brennan, SJ, on the Australian Catholic Bishops and Marriage Equality: My...
I very much appreciate that Chris Morley recommended to us Jesuit Father Frank Brennan's recent article at Eureka Street noting the futility of the battle of... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Theological Roots of Bitter Battle of Some Christians Against LGBT Rights: The...
Here's a set of interlocking observations that, to my mind, share a common theme: 1) a comment an Episcopal priest made to me yesterday about why some streams o... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch on Why Angry Conservatism Characterizes Many...
The graphic should enlarge if you click it. And I want to add a note of gratitude to Rachel Fitzgerald for recommending Diarmaid MacCulloch's work to me. Read more
Posted on 10 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Advent: Meditating About "The Humorless Puzzle of Inequality and Hate"
Another Advent offering for you today from a log of quotations I've kept over the years as I've read: as with yesterday's set of illuminations, all of these... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Opening Doors Or Closing Them? Anthea Butler Comments on Pope Francis and...
Anthea Butler, writing at Religion Dispatches today:On the eve of Pope Francis' opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter's for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy,... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Questions Trump's Fascist Demagoguery Raises: Why Do We Have This Problem? Can I...
Just a reminder #p2 #tcot pic.twitter.com/0yLsk1atr4— R.Saddler (@Politics_PR) December 9, 2015Why do we have this problem? William Saletan's answer: it's not... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: An Eye-Opening Dialogue About Pope's Year...
One Purgatrix Ineptiae, responding to Joshua McElwee's article at National Catholic Reporter noting that Pope Francis has opened a Jubilee year calling for a... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Advent: "Darkness and Death Take Different Forms in Every Generation, but the...
An Advent offering for you, continuing the themes of the meditation I posted yesterday: illuminations from many different books and poems I've read over many... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As Trump Goes Full Fascist, Thoughtful Testimony from Various Witnesses:...
Where our world is heading, if we American citizens, who wield enormous global influence and power at a global level, don't soon wake from our slumber: Matt... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
An Advent Meditation: The Struggle for Hope As Dark Rises and Light Shifts, and...
It's that time of year in which the waning of the light really does put us into a new — a different — space emotionally and spiritually. Read more
Posted on 07 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"Just Another Day in the United States of America, Another Day of Gunfire, Panic...
Birth control? BAN IT! Abortion? BAN IT! Gay marriage? BAN IT! Guns? Look, banning things never works. People will find ways to get them. Read more
Posted on 03 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Paul Vallely and Patricia Miller on the Pope's Failure in Africa: "How Gays Are...
I am not by any means the only person giving testimony about how Pope Francis's silence regarding the threat to LGBT lives in Africa radically undermines his... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Bob Shine on Pope Francis's Silence About LGBT People in Africa, and How This...
Bob Shine of New Ways Ministry on Pope Francis's silence about LGBT people in Africa, and how this silence colors his message of good news to the world:Pope... Read more
Posted on 02 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
On World AIDS Day, What Message of Good News Do Catholic Leaders Have for...
Yesterday was World AIDS Day. What was the official, unambiguous statement of good news offered by the leaders of the Catholic church to the world on World... Read more
Posted on 02 December 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
