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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"Christian" Hate Mail and Power of Authoritarian Religion to Produce Doublethink...
As Valerie Tarico reports, Bonnie Weinstein has now published a book sharing with the world the hate mail she and husband Mikey Weinstein have received as... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Andrew Sullivan, Shrillness and the Commonweal Worldview: Please Discuss
Shrill is a gendered term, isn't it? Especially as it's used in popular-level American political discourse: "Once they started with all that shrill stuff, I... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Giles Fraser's Response to Stephen Fry's Critique of Christian "God": "Too Many...
Giles Fraser's response to Stephen Fry's recent statement that he feels he has no option except to repudiate the "evil, capricious, monstrous maniac" presented... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Vaccination Thing: Interplay of Issues of Freedom and Common Good —...
It's entirely possible not everyone in the world (or in the U.S.) shares my near-obsession with the "debate" about vaccination that has suddenly emerged from... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Commentary on Naked Lady Bound in Ropes...
Lively (and thought-provoking) commentary from various places about the naked lady bound in ropes image the Vatican Pontifical Council on Culture has chosen to... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Vatican. Vatican. Vatican. Women. Women. Women. ("Equal" but Different and...
This is the image the Vatican chose to represent a conference about women. http://t.co/4l4q7uKalH link via @NCRonline pic.twitter. Read more
Posted on 03 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Huckabee. Huckabee. Huckabee. Gay. Gay. Gay. (And Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp.)
The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video ArchiveWell, former Arkansas governor, current GOP presidential... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Four Stories Hot off the Press: Catholic Whistleblowers, Mennonite Conference...
Several links this morning to stories about the abuse situation in communities of faith:Back in May 2013, I told you that a group called Catholic... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
On How My Jesuit Education Taught Me I'm Not a Very Good Catholic: Implications...
I'm not a very good Catholic, you understand. One of the first ways I learned that lesson decisively, as a callow convert to the Catholic church studying at a... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Reader Writes: About Pope Francis and the Jesuits, "Many of the Origin...
Not to be missed: Brian Gallagher's stellar response to my posting yesterday about the ambiguity of Pope Francis's Jesuit roots, as Francis deals with women's... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis's Meeting with a Transgender Man: State of the Discussion in...
Two things strike me as I read this report by Tom Fox that Pope Francis met last week with a transgender man and embraced him. To be more precise: two things... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis, Women, and the Band of Brothers: The Ambiguity of the Jesuit...
Night thoughts: those vague, diffuse, but seemingly (at the time, that is) brilliant aperçus that come to us in the middle of the night, as we suddenly wake fro... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Glenn Greenwald on Jonathan Chait: "What Made the Indignity So Much Worse Was...
As Joan Walsh notes in her valuable critique of Jonathan Chait's recent oy to the universe about, well, the astonishing way in which all those other people... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Jerry Slevin on Pastoral Treatment of Divorced and Remarried Catholics, and Pope...
In a recent posting at his Christian Catholicism blog, Jerry Slevin points readers to William McDonough's Commonweal essay about Pope Benedict XVI and the... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
EBook About John Howard Yoder and Sexual Abuse in Mennonite Community Now...
On behalf of Ruth Krall* of the Enduring Space site, I'm posting the following announcement of an important new Ebook about Mennonite theologian John Howard... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
As Southern States Call for "Secession by Another Name" in Response to Marriage...
Two days ago, I commented on what's happening out in the U.S. heartland after the Supremes announced they'll take same-sex marriage cases in their upcoming... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
LDS Leaders Hold "Historic" Press Conference to Announce Support for Gay...
As you may have read, this week top leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints issued a statement saying the following:We call on local,... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Abby Zimet on How "Fabulous Media Success" of "American Sniper" Story Highights...
On Tuesday, I linked to Chris Hedges's powerful statement about how "American Sniper" lionizes what is worst in American culture — "the gun culture, the blind... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
A Memory: A Grandfather's Final Illness, Pink Shirts, Sissies, and the World's...
A memory. We all have them, don’t we, those flashes of recollection that leap into our minds, triggered by nothing we’re doing or thinking at the moment? It’s... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Chris Hedges on "American Sniper": "Lionizes the Most Despicable Aspects of...
In case you're wondering what Chris Hedges thinks of Clint Eastwood's new film "American Sniper," wonder no more:"American Sniper" lionizes the most despicable... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
