What If Deconstruction Is Only Half the Work?
from Thinking About... Hosted by Blessing Omakwu
What if leaving church isn’t the end of the story? For many Christians, deconstruction has become the language of disillusionment. But questioning what we inherited may only be half the work. In this essay, Blessing Omakwu reflects on leaving church without leaving faith, and looks at Christianity’s long history of revision, reform, and reconstruction. From the councils that shaped Christian doctrine to the Protestant Reformation, Pentecostalism, and Jesus’ own challenges to religious tradition, Christianity has never been as fixed as we sometimes imagine. The question, then, is not only what needs to be dismantled. It is who gets to help rebuild — and what kind of Christianity we might create if liberation and love became the measure. Read the Essay What If Deconstruction Is Only Half the Work? Find Blessing Substack · Instagram · Website Thinking About… is a collection of audio essays on womanhood, faith, and the pop culture that shapes us. Referenced in This Episode Religious Switching — Pew Research Center Young Women Are Leaving Church in Unprecedented Numbers — Survey Center on American Life Religion and Loneliness Christian Population Change — Pew Research Center Religious Change in America — PRRI Against the Hillsongfication of the Afrikan Church — Liepollo Pheko
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