Rhetoric of natural law in the public discourse of Benedict XVI

The paper examines the rhetorical imagination of the Catholic speaker in public discourse on the basis of the parliamentary discourses of Pope Benedict XVI. According to this researcher, Pope Benedict XVI’s rhetorical model in the speeches is an extended version of Michael J. Hostetler’s critical di...

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Main Author: Jose, Jottin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2024
In: Church, Communication and Culture
Year: 2024, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-58
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KCB Papacy
Further subjects:B critical distance
B Natural Law
B Pope Benedict XVI
B Rhetoric
B religion in the public square
B translation of religious content
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Summary:The paper examines the rhetorical imagination of the Catholic speaker in public discourse on the basis of the parliamentary discourses of Pope Benedict XVI. According to this researcher, Pope Benedict XVI’s rhetorical model in the speeches is an extended version of Michael J. Hostetler’s critical distance model supported by the translation idea of Jurgen Habermas. This conclusion is reached by analysis of the constituent elements of the arguments in three parliamentary speeches given by Pope Benedict XVI. James B. Freeman’s updated version of Stephen Toulmin’s argumentation model is used to discern the constituent element of the argument.
ISSN:2375-3242
Contains:Enthalten in: Church, Communication and Culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/23753234.2024.2322548