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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On Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: Jerry Slevin on Pope Francis's Trip to the...
And another King-day-themed posting: at his Christian Catholicism site, Jerry Slevin comments on Pope Francis's encounter in the Philippines with a street... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Elizabeth Johnson on Sources of the...
On this day celebrating the legacy of Dr. King, I'm thinking, too, of the opening paragraph of Elizabeth Johnson's book Quest for the Living God (NY:... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, Legacy: Celebrating the Power of Ordinary People...
I have long thought that Martin Luther King, Jr., was put to death by the powers that be when he began to make the connections (a nod to Beverly Wildung Harriso... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "The No. 1 Issue by Far, Which Came up Ove...
For National Catholic Reporter, Father Peter Daly, pastor of St. John Vianney parish in Prince Frederick, Maryland, recounts what his parish learned when it... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Tom Reese on Not Hinging Everything on the Pope: "There Is No Room in the...
Pope Francis's fellow Jesuit Father Tom Reese writes in the National Catholic Reporter this morming about how the Catholic church is more than the pope, and... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Pope Francis and the Throwaway Culture: Treatment of Gay Catholics Undercuts...
Pope Francis identifies the "throwaway culture" created by rapacious global capitalism as the cause of some of the world's most serious problems. Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Comments About the (Continuing) Toxic Script of Blaming Gays for the Catholic...
From my Facebook feed today, a thread of postings I've made:● So I post here a story about yet another firing of a gay employee of a Catholic institution (and... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Brief Hiatus: Note of Explanation
Dear Friends,I want to leave a note and let you all know that I plan to take a day, two days, perhaps several days right now to focus and seek peace. Read more
Posted on 12 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Panti Bliss on the Price LGBT People Pay Daily Due to Discrimination
Irish drag queen Panti Bliss keeps on educating. Here she is, in a video just uploaded to You Tube, addressing a group at a Tedx event in Dublin last... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: Should Our Highest Value Be Free Speech Or Love, Kindness,...
Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun, on the way in which the media are treating free speech as an absolute value, and the highest in the canon of values, in... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Quote for Day: "Political Cartoons Are Free Speech, But They Are Not Always...
For Truthout, Christen A. Smith maintains that while we must grieve the Charlie Hebdo dead, we must beware of misconstruing racism as a democratic ideal:Simply... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Local "Religious Liberty" Conference Sponsored by LDS Church with Assistance of...
Someone I know heard the presentations today at this interfaith program on religious liberty sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
In the News: Guns. More Guns.
On one morning, on one single day as I read the news online, I see that Talking Points Memo carries the following headlines on its main page: 1. George Zimmerma... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Gerald Slevin on Pope's Pivot on Rumors of a Vatican Council: Now Or Never
In a new posting at his Christian Catholicism site, Jerry Slevin cites a recent observation by Robert Mickens:Importantly, informed Vatican journalist, Robert... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Sister Teresa Forcades on the Necessity of Dreaming of Revolution in the Catholi...
Joel 2:28, NIV TranslationIn the Catalan journal El Critic, Irene Ramentol asks Benedictine Sister Teresa Forcades whether the idea of any kind of revolution... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on Charlie Hebdo Attack: Freedom of Speech, Economic and Social...
Here's a selection of commentary (running a wide gamut) that has caught my eye about the murder of the staff of Charlie Hebdo by terrorists in Paris this... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Without Freedom of Expression, the World...
Yesterday, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, released a statement with the leaders of France's Islami... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Maureen Mullarkey Strikes Again (and a Reminder About Commonweal Catholic...
Remember Maureen Mullarkey? Sure you do! Back in 2009, when it became public that she had contributed to the prop 8 campaign to strip gay citizens of... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on Archbishop Thomas Wenski and His Threatening Response to Arrival o...
Also today, ongoing discussion of the response of Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski to the arrival of marriage equality in Florida, something I discussed yesterday... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY -
Commentary on Cardinal Burke and the New Emangelization Project
"Men need to dress and act like men..." -Cardinal Burke, pictured, in an interview http://t.co/uAkzd65VgH pic.twitter.com/BRHsOP8aSR— Michael O'Loughlin... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2015 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY
