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Statistical Analysis of Papal Encyclicals

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Advances in Classification and Data Analysis

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The purpose of this work is to demonstrate some possibilities offered by a statistical investigation of theological matters. The object of this paper is a textual analysis of the corpus obtained from the encyclical letters of the last 5 popes. It is possible by statistical analysis of the documents to arrive at conclusions or questions about “theology” in the encyclical letters.

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  1. Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Via del Seminario, 120 - 00186, Roma, Italy

    Bruno Bisceglia

  2. Dipartimento di Statistica, Probabilità e Statistiche Applicate, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, piazza A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy

    Alfredo Rizzi

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  1. Department SEFEMEQ, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via di Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Simone Borra

  2. Department SEGeS, University of Molise, Via de Sanctis, 86100, Campobasso, Italy

    Roberto Rocci

  3. Department Statistica, Probabilità e Statistiche Applicate, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Piazza le Aldo Moro, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Maurizio Vichi

  4. University of Mannheim, 68131, Mannheim, Germany

    Martin Schader (Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik III Schloß) (Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik III Schloß)

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Bisceglia, B., Rizzi, A. (2001). Statistical Analysis of Papal Encyclicals. In: Borra, S., Rocci, R., Vichi, M., Schader, M. (eds) Advances in Classification and Data Analysis. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59471-7_42

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