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03165aam a2200325 i 4500 001 FE4712A6199211EFAA2C9EE853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240524010037 008 220806s2022 pau b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2022031924 020 $a 1641238887 020 $a 9781641238885 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BV4501.3 $b .J478 2022 082 00 $a 248.4 $2 23/eng/20220901 084 $a REL062000 $a REL062000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Jersak, Brad, $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a Out of the embers : $b faith after the great deconstruction / $c Bradley Jersak. 264 1 $a New Kensington, PA : $b Whitaker House, $c [2022] 300 $a 320 pages ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Deconstruction: Trendy brand name for falling away from belief in God? Or a process essential to authentic faith?Liberation or trauma? Prison break or exile?It's complicated. Just like you. Christian history records a Great Reformation and a Great Awakening. But today's "Great Deconstruction" will surely leave an equally profound impact. In Out of the Embers, Bradley Jersak explores the necessity, perils, and possibilities of the Great Deconstruction-how it has the potential to either sabotage our communion with God or infuse it with the breath of life, the light and life of Christ himself. In this collection of vulnerable memoirs, philosophical memos, and candid provocations, Jersak resists both the hand-wringing urge to corral stray sheep and the exultant desire to play the happy-clappy Ex-vangelical cheerleader. He employs the wisdom and expertise of the great deconstructionists-Christianity's ancient influences (Moses, Plato, Paul, and the Patristics), "beloved frenemies" (from Voltaire to Nietzsche), and the masters of deconstruction (Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, and Weil)-to double down and deconstruct deconstruction itself. Where is faith after deconstruction? The author's heart is to engage and empathize with the bereft and disoriented, stoking the brittle ashes for live embers. In this quest for the resilient gospel of the martyrs, the marginal, and those outside the threshold...inexplicably, in this liminal space, life stirs. A Light shines through the ashes. We find, often for the first time, that living connection Jersak calls "presence in communion."There is a sea change occurring across the Western church and civilization. Whether we're watching a radical course correction or a complete collapse remains to be seen, and how it pans out will likely depend on how we see what's happening, who we are becoming, how we live in response-and, most important, where we find Christ situated in this storm"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Christian life. 650 0 $a Spirituality $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Postmodernism $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Jersak, Bradley, 1964- $t Out of the embers $d New Kensington, PA : Whitaker House, 2022 $z 9781641238892 $w (DLC) 2022031925 941 $a 1 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524011050.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FE4712A6199211EFAA2C9EE853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search