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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Me Standing on the Spot I've Been Given Right Now: Nothing Much to Say
I'm sorry for my silence of late, reader-friends. One of those times when I'm acutely aware that any words I have to say about anything at all just don't count... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "When Charleston Emanuel AME Church Was...
Another tweet for the day: When Charleston Emanuel AME church was advocating for abolition, South Carolina's Cath bishops were owning slaves individually as... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Today: "The Sort of Bland Saluting of Forgiveness with Nothing Else...
The sort of bland saluting of forgiveness with nothing else attached is empty.— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) June 21, 2015And on the ways in which... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
"I Forgive You": Grieving Family Members of Charleston Church Shooting Speak to...
"I forgive you," Nadine Collier said through tears to the accused killer of her mother, Ethel Lance. "You took something very precious away from me. I will neve... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
They Have Names, They Have Faces: Those Killed at Mother Emanuel
It's a somber Juneteenth this year on the 150th anniversary pic.twitter.com/ll4wYkgIvh— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 19, 2015Rev. Clementa Pinckney,... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on Shootings at Mother Emanuel: Why Dylann Roof Is America — as...
I'm not sure, honestly, to whom we should listen after the Charleston shootings. What I mean to say is, I'm not sure talking about these issues has gotten us... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Rabbi Menachem Creditor on Charleston Church Hate Crime: "This Broken World...
Rabbi Menachem Creditor on yesterday's racist hate crime in an African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston, South Carolina: A church built by former slaves... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis's Encyclical on the Environment, and the Impossibility of Discussin...
Call me crazy, but if I were a world religious leader writing a major document about ecology today — one which stresses that it is addressing every member of th... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Francis DeBernardo on Pope Francis's Gender Complementarity Ideas: "Sending...
As the day goes on, I am just now seeing Francis DeBernardo's very good response to Pope Francis's latest set of statements about gender complementarity, which ... Read more
Posted on 17 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Argentina Protests Violence Against Women, Pope Francis Again Pushes Gender...
How one tweet about femcide sparked a movement in Argentina: http://t.co/jfMao6oqWf #NiUnaMenos pic.twitter.com/7oO8FZw5mH— The Cut (@TheCut) June 16, 2015In a... Read more
Posted on 17 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Shit Women Have to Put Up with Online (and Lots of Other Places): My...
In a Vox article yesterday about why Twitter hasn't taken off in the same way Facebook has, Timothy Lee notes that many women find Twitter (and Reddit), both... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
David Gibson on Nienstedt Resignation and Indictment of Józef Wesołowski:...
Today, too, the Vatican has announced that the former (now defrocked) Polish archbishop Józef Wesołowski who was previously the Vatican ambassador to the... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Juan Felipe Herrera, First Latino U.S. Poet Laureate: "My Main Goal Was to...
Natasha Hakimi comments on the appointment of Juan Felipe Herrera to the position of U.S. poet laureate: as she notes, Herrera is the son of Mexican migrant... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Nienstedt Resigns: "My Leadership Has Unfortunately Drawn Attention Away from th...
This is news to which to wake up on a Monday morning: the archbishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis, John Nienstedt, and his deputy archbishop Lee Anthony Piché, have... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "Throughout the Nineteenth Century Biblically Based Racism Found...
In his Saving The Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible’s First Man to Oppress, Inspire and Make Sense of the World (Beacon Press, 2015) (as... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Ruth Krall on the Just World Fallacy and Sexual Violence Against Women and...
Ruth Krall has sent a wonderful set of notes commenting on the issues of sexual violence and religion we've been discussing here of late. Ruth has generously... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Valerie Tarico on Obsession of Patriarchal Christians with Lording It Over,...
As if she were writing from right inside this blog's ongoing discussion of connections between rigid patriarchal religion and abuse of women and children,... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Reader Writes: "All of This Talk of 'Biology' and 'How Do Their Mothers Let...
And another powerful, thoughtful comment by a contributor to our discussion several days ago of the apparent genetic* link between rigid patriarchal religion an... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
On Gender Transition, Biological Prisons, and Gnosticism: Bob Shine Responds to...
In a thought-provoking statement at New Ways Ministry's Bondings 2.0 blog, Bob Shines responds to the influential Catholic televangelist Father Robert Barron... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Men, Women, Science, Gender Roles: "Let Me Tell You About My Trouble with...
Filter mask protects me from hazardous chemicals and muffles my woman cries. Double win! #DistractinglySexy pic.twitter.com/5kYlm6SNud— Amelia Cervera... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
