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What on Earth (or Heaven) Is the “Francis Effect”? A Response to James T. Bretzke, SJ
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James Bretzke notes the ambiguity of the term “Francis Effect” and the difficulty of applying any measures to it. At the root of this difficulty is an ambiguity in the word effect itself. If by this term we mean that some things have transpired as a result of the election of Jorge Maria Bergoglio as the bishop of Rome, then this is trivially true. Had Bergoglio suffered cardiac arrest immediately upon selecting the name Francis (God forbid), even that would have yielded some Francis Effect. Of course, in the media and in Bretzke's essay, the term refers to more than this. For the purposes of this response, I am borrowing three ecclesiastical terms to flesh out possible understandings of this “more”: ordinary, extraordinary, and modal. I take up each of these in turn.
Title: What on Earth (or Heaven) Is the “Francis Effect”? A Response to James T. Bretzke, SJ
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James Bretzke notes the ambiguity of the term “Francis Effect” and the difficulty of applying any measures to it.
At the root of this difficulty is an ambiguity in the word effect itself.
If by this term we mean that some things have transpired as a result of the election of Jorge Maria Bergoglio as the bishop of Rome, then this is trivially true.
Had Bergoglio suffered cardiac arrest immediately upon selecting the name Francis (God forbid), even that would have yielded some Francis Effect.
Of course, in the media and in Bretzke's essay, the term refers to more than this.
For the purposes of this response, I am borrowing three ecclesiastical terms to flesh out possible understandings of this “more”: ordinary, extraordinary, and modal.
I take up each of these in turn.
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