RT Article
T1 Power, ideology, and women's ordination: Discursive strategies in three Roman Catholic documents
JF Critical research on religion
VO 7
IS 3
SP 237
OP 256
A1 Kim, Eun-Young Julia
A1 Matiko, Beverly J.
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1690033274
AB This article analyzes through a linguistic lens three official documents of the Roman Catholic Church on women's ordination; it also identifies various discursive tactics utilized by text creators to reinforce gender hierarchy within the Church. Drawing from Fairclough's three dimensional discourse framework, we examine the ideological message embedded in the linguistic features and the role each text plays within a matrix of power relations. Through close readings of Inter Insigniores: On the Question of Admission of Women to the Ministerial Priesthood, Ordinatio Sacerdotalis of John Paul II, and Women and the Priesthood, we demonstrate how discourse analysis can serve as a useful tool for identifying logical fallacies, inconsistencies, dilemmas, and manipulative tactics in religious discourses.
K1 Catholic Church
K1 Inter Insigniores
K1 Ordinatio Sacerdotalis of John Paul II
K1 Women's Ordination
K1 Critical Discourse Analysis
K1 Women priests
DO 10.1177/2050303219874375