Different Shades of Green
Ecology in Catholic Weekly Publications in Poland and Italy from 2010 to 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.23668Keywords:
Catholicism, ecology, Poland, Italy, press, greening, discourseAbstract
The article investigates the process of the greening of Catholicism from a discursive perspective. Using semantic field analysis, we examined differences and similarities in the approach to ecology and “assessed” the impact of Laudato Si’—the encyclical letter by Pope Francis—on discourse in selected Polish and Italian weekly publications. The article demonstrates how ecology is being “absorbed” within the Catholic press and how it works in the discursive environment; it also reveals the process of legitimation of “ecological norms” in Catholic practical narratives which differ in Poland and Italy.
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