Religious Rhetorics
Rhetorical analysis of American religion
progressive Catholics
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
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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