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- ISSN: 2542-6583
- E-ISSN: 2590-3268
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“Look to the Stars and Journey Together”
A Narrative Analysis of Pope Francis’s Deep-Rooted Spirituality in his Ur Speech Within Interreligious Dialogue
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Auteur:
Nicolien Luitwieler1
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, Volume 79, Issue 4, dec. 2025, p. 389 - 405
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- 01 dec. 2025
Samenvatting
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