Portrayals of Pope Francis's Authority in the Digital Age

Flicks and Media Discourses, and User Perspectives

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Author:
Damian Guzek
In a decade, Francis has transformed Catholicism into a dynamic institution that openly deliberates on urgent questions of society and religion, standing at the forefront of digitally driven public opinion. With this in mind, Portrayals of Pope Francis’s Authority in the Digital Age: Flicks and Media Discourses, and User Perspectives explores the digital portraits of Pope Francis in various types of media content and productions. It investigates how digital Catholic users articulate and negotiate papal authority and through which media they do so.
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2024
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Damian Guzek, Ph.D. DS.c. (1985) is an associate professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice. He has published monographs and many articles on digital media, religion and politics, including Mediatizing Secular State (Peter Lang, 2019).
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Introduction: Discussing Approaches to the Study of Papal Authority

1 The Discarded Image: The Pope on hbo and Netflix
 1 Films on the Modern Papacy

 2 Evolving Archetypes of the Papacy

 3 Two Ways for the Future Church
 3.1 The Way of Rigorism

 3.2 The Middle Way


 4 Discarded Image: In Search of Papal Metaphors of Being
 Radical Traditionalism as Atheistic

 4.1 Secular Sacred

 4.2 Nominalism


2 Portraying Francis on the Web
 1 Choose Your YouTube Narrative: The Pope as a Threat or Hope?
 1.1 The Pope as Hope

 1.2 The Pope as the Enemy

 1.3 The Pope’s Agency


 2 Polarized Approaches to Websites
 2.1 Francis Makes Things Simple

 2.2 Francis Changes the Accent of Catholic Teaching

 2.3 Francis Recognizes the Other’s Primacy


3 Traditional Catholic Users: Consuming Mediated Papacy, Protecting the Old Rules and Doctrines
 1 Defining Traditional Catholic Users

 2 Three Types of Traditional Catholic Users
 2.1 Negotiators

 2.2 Descriptors

 2.3 Contesters


 3 Identity Marks: Objective Truth, Catholic Orthodoxy and the Latin Mass
 3.1 The Idea of Objective Truth and Unchanging Human Nature

 3.2 Identity Reflecting Catholic Orthodoxy

 3.3 The Latin Mass as a Point of Reference


 4 Strategies for Negotiating Francis’ Leadership
 4.1 Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome, or Maybe Simply Bergoglio?

 4.2 Refiguring the Sacred


4 Post-Vatican ii Catholic Users: Media Consumption, Supporting the Modern Papacy
 1 Defining Post-Vatican ii Catholic Users

 2 Three Types of Post-Vatican ii Catholic Users
 2.1 Digital Followers

 2.2 Hybrid Followers

 2.3 Supporters


 3 Hallmarks of Christian Life: Decentralization of Orthodoxy and Contextualization of Catholicism
 3.1 Decentralization of Orthodoxy

 3.2 Catholicism Dwelled in the Context


 4 Approaches to Francis’ Ministry
 4.1 Ways to Embrace Francis

 4.2 Leadership that Matters

 4.3 Refiguring the Ministry


Conclusion: Rethinking the Pope’s Authority through the Activities of Traditional and Liberal Catholic Users
 1 Rethinking the Pope’s Authority in the Digital Sphere

 2 The Deeply Mediatized Way of Negotiating the Pope’s Authority

 3 Final Thoughts on the Future of Papacy in the Digital Age


Methodological Appendix

Bibliography

Index

This book will appeal to specialists in digital religion, communication and media, sociology of religion, and theology. It will be utilized by libraries in Schools of Social Sciences and Divinity Schools at universities. The book is of interest to journalists, Vatican experts, Papal Curia employees, and management circles in significant dioceses.
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