Religious Rhetorics
abortion rhetoric
RSA: Catholic Identity and Abortion as a Political Legitimation Strategy in the 2009 Notre Dame Commencement Controversy
Again, as I did in November, I’m posting a relevant academic conference paper, with the accompanying increase in length and change in style (see my November 10, 2009 post for more on this). It always seems like a shame for a paper’s audience to be limited to whoever is sitting in the room during its … Continue reading
NCA: Abortion Criminalization as a Master Narrative in U.S. Catholic Political Rhetoric
Here’s one more – as prepared for presentation on November 14, 2009, at the 95th Annual National Communication Association Convention in Chicago, IL (“Discourses of Stability and Change”). In a November 8, 2009 article in Time magazine, Amy Sullivan writes, The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church traditionally couch even the harshest disagreements in decorous, … Continue reading
NCA: Catholic Social Teaching and the Abortion Reduction Counterstory in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
This is a different kind of post than our usual Religious Rhetorics material. It is, rather, a relevant academic conference paper. This has the advantage of both adding more material to RR (otherwise, as evidenced by the rate of posts of late, somewhat difficult during the semester) and increasing the audience for our academic work. … Continue reading
Buttiglione and the Abortion ‘Battle’
(Cross-posted at Vox Nova.) In this piece, I’d like to reflect on recent developments in Italy, which offer both an important model for U.S. Catholics’ political involvement, as well as an opportunity for self-reflection within the American pro-life movement. After a July 15 legislative victory in which pro-choice and pro-life members of the Italian parliament … Continue reading
Nefarious Narratives in the Catholic Abortion Conflict
Recent months have seen a rekindling of the abortion wars, particularly in Catholic political rhetoric. In the process, we have seen that master narratives about abortion from both the Left and the Right can be equally pernicious. This spring’s controversy at Notre Dame offered a clear glimpse of the Right’s master narrative, which equates Catholic … Continue reading
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