Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2001
Publication Title
Journal of Communication and Religion
Keywords
apologia, Catholic higher education, Ex Corde Ecclesiae, image restoration
Abstract
Image restoration theory is used to discover that Holy Cross Father James Tunstead Burthchaell's defense of the Papal Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae was ineffective. Although he used attacks on accusers appropriately, his strategies of denial and transcendence were in conflict. He also failed to adequately address the accusation that the nature of American college charters make the American bishops' application of the document impossible. Finally, though perhaps through no fault of his own, he was "preaching to the choir. " The study sheds further light on the role of transcendence in religious image repair.
Recommended Citation
Blaney, Joseph R., "Restoring the Juridical Image: Apologia for Ex Corde Ecclesiae" (2001). Faculty Publications - Communications. 9.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpcom/9
Comments
Published in Journal of Communication & Religion, Vol. 24, Issue 1, p. 94-109.
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