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Volume 79, Issue 4
  • ISSN: 2542-6583
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Abstract

Abstract

This study argues that a three-tiered discourse analysis, grounded in a contextual, textual, and cognitive framework, provides a robust methodology for revealing how deep-rooted spirituality is discursively constructed in public addresses. This is demonstrated in Pope Francis’s interreligious speech at the Plain of Ur in Iraq. The findings suggest that such discourse, especially in post-conflict and pluralistic contexts, constructs spirituality not merely as a matter of belief, but as a dialogical practice, embodied, inclusive, and attuned to narratives and history. Deep-rooted spirituality, as evoked in this discourse, is thus not abstract or doctrinal, but embedded in memory, grounded in place, and enacted through relationship and mutual commitment.

© Nicolien Luitwieler
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Keyword(s): deep-rooted spirituality; interreligious dialogue; Iraq; Pope Francis

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