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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Calls for Honest Catholic Conversations About Contraception: What Are We Really...
As the date for the final meeting of the synod on the family called by Pope Francis approaches, it's interesting to see calls being made by various lay Catholic... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: J.P. O'Malley on Ideology of "Family" As...
J.P. O'Malley sees the possibility of a yes vote on marriage equality in Ireland at the end of this week as "the complete collapse of the old guard of... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Most Homophobic of Them All? Catholic...
1. Here's one reason (among many) that Americans perceive the Catholic chuch as the most unwelcoming of all religious communities to LGBT people: as Timothy... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Week Out from Irish Marriage Equality Referendum, NOM's Behind-the-Scenes...
In his weekly recap this week of global LGBT-and-religion news at Religion Dispatches, Peter Montgomery points to a BuzzFeed article by Lester Feder in which... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Recommending Laura Bassett's Haunting Article "Buried in Baltimore: The...
If you have not read Laura Bassett's Huffington Post article "Buried in Baltimore: The Mysterious Murder of a Nun Who Knew Too Much," I highly encourage you to... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
An End-of-Week Collection of Videos About Marriage Equality Referendum in Ireland
The marriage referendum in Ireland is now a week away, and I thought that, as an end-of-week offering, I might gather into a single posting a bouquet of videos... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: Wendell Griffen — "'Unrest' Is What Oppressed, Wounded, and...
Wendell Griffen at his Justice Is a Verb! blog on how "civil unrest" takes on an entirely new complexion depending on who's discussing the term:To put it... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Patricia Miller on Who Was Not at Georgetown Confab on Poverty, and William...
Everywhere I turn online today the news at religion and religion-and-politics websites is the recent panel discussion at Georgetown on the theme of poverty, at... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Survivor Groups to USCCB National Lay Review Board: Why in God's Name Is Resigne...
Several groups of abuse survivors and advocates for abuse survivors have written the National Lay Review Board a letter that, in my view, deserves very serious... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
My Apologies, Dear Readers, for Subject-Verb Agreement Errors
Me BlushingMy apologies, dear readers, for the subject-verb agreement errors in my posting yesterday. I do know that "Supremes" is a plural noun and demands a... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: John Dear on Nonviolence As Call for...
Father John Dear on the . . . odd and capricious . . . way in which mainstream news commentators chide protesters in places like Baltimore and Ferguson about... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: When "Pro-Life" Is Anything But — Robert...
At National Catholic Reporter Robert Mickens comments on the American-style "pro-life" march, the National March for Life, that took place in Rome last Sunday. Read more
Posted on 13 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pew's Latest "Religious Landscape" Survey: Christian Affiliation Declining...
Yesterday, Pew Research Center released a report on its findings in its latest "Religious Landscape" survey, which looks at the state of religion in North... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Year Ago Today We Married: Continuing to Give Witness
On this day a year ago, Steve and I married in my home state of Arkansas — our home state, after we returned here in 1997 when we were providing care for my... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Is There So Much Love in the World That We Can Afford to Discriminate Against An...
Is there so much love in the world that we can afford to discriminate against any kind of love? Franciscan Father Mychal Judge asked frequently, according to... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Thought for Day: "Jesus Didn't Die on the Cross to Preserve Gender...
In a hard-hitting essay published last fall, Rachel Held Evans looks at the false gospel of gender binaries and how that false gospel, with its talk of gender... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Gender Breakdown in Supreme Court Responses to Marriage Equality: An Exercis...
Think about it: if you're an historian 100 years from now, 200 years from now, looking back on global currents of thought and cultural-political change at this... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Chris Morley on Irish Priests' Statements of Support for Marriage Equality
And then there's this report from Chris Morley in another comment here yesterday about statements by two Irish priests that they're supporting marriage... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Chris Morley on the "Pure Bluff" of Irish Catholic Bishops As Referendum on...
As the date of the Irish referendum on marriage equality (it will be held 22 May) approaches, Chris Morley keeps providing valuable, carefully documented update... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Mothers' Day Greetings to the Mothers in Our Lives
On this Mothers' Day, sending best wishes to all the mothers in our lives: as I look through my photo album, I don't find a lot of photos featuring my mother... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
