The Father Said Goodbye:

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" The Father Said Goodbye: "
Hannah Grünenthal

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082544
Doc. No	:	LA126173
Call No	:	‭10.1163/21659214-00703010‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Hannah Grünenthal
Title & Author	:	The Father Said Goodbye: [Article] : The German Press’ Reactions to the Resignation of Pope Benedict xvi and the Conclave\ Hannah Grünenthal
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	7/3
Page No	:	381–399
Abstract	:	This paper analyzes the different constructions, interpretations and understandings of authority in the German journalistic press coverage in spring 2013, when Benedict xvi declared his resignation from the papal office, and the following time until his successor – Pope Francis – was elected. Pope Benedict’s resignation was an occasion that caused a stir in the journalistic field. The pope, the highest religious authority of the Roman Catholic Church, had brought his own power up to discussion. The opportunity was favourable for the journalistic, secular media to start an extensive critique and deconstruction of the Pope’s religious authority – but surprisingly enough, this did not happen. So, how and to whom is religious authority ascribed in the German press discourse? In this article I argue that the secular German press discourse not only refrains from deconstructing traditional religious authority, but reinforces it on various levels.
Descriptor	:	"Benedict xvi
Descriptor	:	authority
Descriptor	:	Catholic Church
Descriptor	:	Catholicism
Descriptor	:	Pope
Descriptor	:	Religion and Media
Descriptor	:	religious authority
Descriptor	:	resignation
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/21659214-00703010‬