Deconstructing in a Church Filled With Rot

Deconstruction is a scary word for most of us. In the 1980s, when I was in graduate school, deconstruction was all the buzz in literary theory. But the deconstruction we are hearing about in Christian circles today is something different. It describes everything from deconversion to "exvangelicalism" to ultimately reaffirming one's belief after serious examination. Deconstruction essentially describes "what happens when a person asks questions that lead to the careful dismantling of their previous beliefs."