Date

12-16-2025

Department

School of Communication and the Arts

Degree

Master of Arts in Professional Communication (MA)

Chair

John Dunkle

Keywords

Acts, Rhetorical Theology, Self, Other, Otherness

Disciplines

Communication | Rhetoric and Composition

Abstract

The phenomena of otherness foundationally grounds this work. A micro-concept of Martin Buber’s I and Thou Theory, otherness is central to this study particularly as it is rhetorically situated in the work of Acts. The research draws from ideological criticism to produce a rhetorical theology. Findings uncover two primary relational dynamics of otherness: (1) God to the believer to the unbeliever and (2) God to the believer to the believer. These constructions of dialogical engagement in Acts are donned witness and withness, offering keen insight on a rhetorical theology of otherness.

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