Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon (2012): consistent or inconsistent communicational discourse? Cover Image

La visite de Benoît XVI au Liban (2012): décalage ou concordance des dispositifs communicationnels?
Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon (2012): consistent or inconsistent communicational discourse?

Author(s): Roy Jreijiry
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Media studies, Islam studies, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: ESSACHESS
Keywords: Lebanon; media; sectarianism; Benedict XVI; Islam; Christianity;

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the modes of communication which are set up during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon in September 2012. It tries to show how the local religious institution and the media – which constitute the main arms of the religious communities struggling for political power and control – take over from the modest and cautious papal discourse in order to create an act of presence and defiance to be invested in a context of regional religious radicalisation.

  • Issue Year: X/2017
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 171-187
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: French