LEADER 03908nam 22005773 450 001 9911026126203321 005 20230629235016.0 010 $a9780825477898 010 $a0825477891 035 $a(CKB)5700000000120185 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7082627 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7082627 035 $a(OCoLC)1344538588 035 $a(Perlego)3721233 035 $a(EXLCZ)995700000000120185 100 $a20221116d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeath to Deconstruction $eReclaiming Faithfulness as an Act of Rebellion 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aChicago :$cKregel Publications,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022. 215 $a1 online resource (196 pages) 311 08$a9780825447341 311 08$a0825447348 327 $aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by John Mark Comer -- (Before We Begin) -- Part One: Deconstructing God -- 1 Blood and Fire -- The Apprentice: A Troublesome Book -- 2 Political Cartoons and Rattlesnake Worship -- 3 The Brutality of Fact -- 4 Shut Up, Galileo -- 5 Cats, Cosmic Horror, and Chaos Monsters -- The Apprentice: A Snake on the Road -- 6 God of Evil -- Part Two: Deconstructing Humanity -- (Before We Continue) -- 7 Cocaine Meltdown Somewhere in Middle America -- The Apprentice: Crowding Battalions -- 8 Baptized in Empire -- The Apprentice: A Reckoning for Frauds -- 9 My Father Was a Racist and I Loved Him -- 10 Brood of Vipers -- Part Three: The Final Deconstruction -- The Apprentice: Forbidden Fruit -- 11 Broken Tooth, Infected Skull -- 12 Everyone Is Going to Have to Die -- 13 The Sermon in the Suicide -- (Before We End) -- The Apprentice: Death to Deconstruction -- Thank You. -- Notes. 330 $a""Another Christian renounces the church and Christ." "Former Christian music star turns her back on faith." "I kissed Christianity goodbye." Headlines like these are becoming common. It seems like the most popular trend in faith circles lately is to deconstruct, then deconvert. Joshua Porter knows that story from the inside out. He was raised in the tangles of American evangelical Christianity, and the church he knew was conservative, fundamentalist, and politicized. It feared culture, music, art, Dungeons & Dragons, Harry Potter, and anything else that was slightly suspect. This foundation of dread and fear was full of holes he nearly fell through . . . and out of faith altogether. His story put him on the road to deconversion--but that isn't where he ended up. Despite his years of being surrounded by disaffected former Christians and living large in the punk rock lifestyle, Porter now finds his faith closer to the historic Christian tradition than ever. This book is more than Porter's own story. It also invites those who may be in the deconstruction process themselves to consider the perspective of someone who was tempted to leave his faith--yet stayed. And it provides theological insight and pastoral support to those who worry that everyone is bailing out on the church"--$cProvided by publisher. 517 $aDeath to Deconstruction 606 $aChristianity and culture$zUnited States 606 $aPunk culture$zUnited States 606 $aPostmodernism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aPostmodernism$zUnited States 606 $aFaith 615 0$aChristianity and culture 615 0$aPunk culture 615 0$aPostmodernism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aPostmodernism 615 0$aFaith. 676 $a261.0973 700 $aPorter$b Joshua S$01847321 701 $aComer$b John Mark$01847322 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911026126203321 996 $aDeath to Deconstruction$94432865 997 $aUNINA