Title

Between the Way to the Cross and Emmaus: Deconstructing Identity in the 325 CE Council of Nicaea and "The Shack"

Author

Trevar Simmons, Gardner-Webb University

Date of Award

2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Committee Chair

Perry Hildreth

Committee Co=Chair (if applicable)

Janet Land

Abstract

This paper argues that when Christians acknowledge the deconstruction of their identity surrounding orthodoxy/heresy, Christians can embody the imitatio Christi and imago Dei. The argument begins by analyzing how Christians construct their identity along the orthodoxy/heresy lines by investigating a 2009 Bible burning by Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, NC. Reaching into the past and present, deconstruction is found in a prototypical orthodoxy/heresy debate at the 325 CE Council of Nicaea and the modern hubbub in and surrounding William Paul Young's novel The Shack.

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Citation Information

Simmons, Trevar, "Between the Way to the Cross and Emmaus: Deconstructing Identity in the 325 CE Council of Nicaea and "The Shack"" (2010). MA in English Theses. 7.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/english_etd/7