The topic of the Fall is one that has multiple interpretations. There will always be a diverseness in theological approaches to faith. A particular example, in this case is Albert Wolters Reformational worldview. In his chapter, “Fall,” Wolters introduces the concept that the fall is not only evident in the human world but also in that of the nonhuman world. The first mention of this concept occurs when Wolters says that “[t]he effects of sin touch all creation; no created thing is in principle untouched by the corrosive effects of the fall” (53). He then goes on to further explain this concept by emphasizing the effects of the fall of society, the state, political systems, cultural life, and personal life. With this, he is saying that everything that people…show more content… Wolters defines structure as referring “to the order of creation, to the constant creational constitution of anything, what makes it the thing or entity that it is” (59) and direction as “designat[ing] the order of sin and redemption, “the distortion or perversion of creation through the fall on the one hand and the redemption and restoration of creation in Christ on the other” (59). He then goes on to say that even if distortion occurs God will not let the world be entirely disordered and full of chaos. He will allow for redemption. All in all, since Wolters emphasized that everything is touched by fall so a separation between the secular and sacred should not occur because while everything is touched by the fall, God gave everything structure, and he is present in everything that occurs. Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Parker’s Back” depicts the struggles that take place in the Fall and process towards redemption by the names of character, an opposition between plain and color, a division between sacred and secular, and
