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: Bayard Rustin on How Laws Permitting Discrimination Threaten...
On 17 April 1986, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin testified before a meeting of a committee of the New York city council as the council deliberated about... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Footnote to Previous Posting About "Furious Religion": Portland, Oregon,...
Mark 1:41, Describing Jesus's Healing of a LeperEarlier today, I wrote with regard to the pastoral letter issued today by the bishops of the Church of England... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Bishops of Church of England on "Furious Religion" and Scapegoating of the Other...
Luke 5:13, Jesus's Healing of a LeperIt's interesting to read the pastoral letter that the House of Bishops of the Church of England published today side by sid... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Arkansas Chooses Wrong Side of History Again: Legislature Passes "Right to...
The Republican-controlled Arkansas legislature today passed a bill protecting faith-based discrimination against LGBT citizens of the state — a state that... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Social Networking Sites and the Way Americans Do Death: My Notes with Questions
I wonder if this has happened to anyone besides me. First, I happened to notice a posting pop up on Facebook last year from the Facebook feed of a friend in... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Visibility and the Alphabet Soup of Letters: Tori Wolfe-Sisson Talks to Juan...
Juan González asks Tori Wolfe-Sisson, who, with her partner Shanté, was a member of the first gay couple to marry in Montgomery, if she can talk about the long... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
David Carr on the Importance of the Little People to Journalists Seeking Truth
New York Times journalist David Carr, who died yesterday, talks about his first big break as a young journalist investigating police brutality against... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Churches, Male Entitlement, and the Place of God in the World: Why I Refuse to...
I will not participate in the activities of a church that excludes women from its leadership structures. I will not pretend that I find God in such a church. Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Christianity, Islam, Violence: Three Thoughtful Reactions to Mr. Obama's Nationa...
Three thoughtful quotes from three thoughtful articles responding to the manufactured right-wing outrage after President Obama told the attendees of the Nationa... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the News This Week: Arkansas
More interlocking news links: while all that (see my previous posting) has been going on in Alabama, this week, our state legislators in Arkansas have been... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the News This Week: Alabama
And the next nesting doll (for an explanation of this allusion, please see the preceding posting): Alabama. And white evangelical values, dreams of... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the News This Week: New Report on History of Lynchings in U.S.
To my way of thinking, the news this week has been something like those Russian matryoshka dolls, in which doll nests inside doll, each identical to the other, ... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Falling Behind, Determined to Catch Up
I'm slightly behind in acknowledging your wonderful comments here, folks — and in saying all I'd like to say about what's happening right now vis-a-vis... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "As a Gay Man, I Have Tried and Tried to...
In response to a good essay by Mariam Williams in National Catholic Reporter today about whether it's worth staying with a church that keeps the oppressive... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Marriage Equality Comes to Alabama, as Grandstanding of "Faith-Based" Southern...
Olanda and Dinah are getting married pic.twitter.com/NJcwZEua8r— Clare Huddleston (@Fox6Clare) February 9, 2015As with each new state that finally accords... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Violets Gathered on a Funeral Morning: A Poem Commemorating the Anniversary of...
A few days back, I shared a story of the final days of my grandfather's life, a memory of an experience I had as I sat in the hospital waiting room during his... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Cardinal Burke Throws Down the Gauntlet: "I Shall Resist" (Is This Cordileone's...
The new insert added by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to the faculty handbook of employees of Catholic high schools in the San Francisco archdiocese: all... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Islam, Christianity, and Barbaric Violence: Discussion of the Issues in a U.S....
In response to an article by Sister Maureen Fiedler in National Catholic Reporter this morning about the bogus controversy following President Obama's statement... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Mary Hunt on Vatican Council on Women: Funny If It Weren't So Insulting
In the hope of encouraging you to read Mary Hunt's wonderful essay on the Vatican council of women at Religion Dispatches today, I'm going to pick out some of... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Archbishop Cordileone's New Anti-Gay Handbook for Catholic Schools: A View from...
Because I live in a heavily evangelical part of the country, and grew up in the Southern Baptist tradition, I think that readers of Bilgrimage sometimes forget... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
