Millions of people have left the evangelical Christianity of their childhood without knowing what comes next. They're not atheists. They're not going back. They're somewhere in the rubble - and the map for that territory barely exists. Deconstruction and Reconstruction Roadmap is the comprehensive, practically grounded guide for every stage of the post-evangelical journey: from the first moment something breaks to the slow, difficult work of building something worth keeping. This is not a book that tells you what to believe when you're done. It is a book that helps you survive the in-between and build something genuine on the other side. With unusual honesty about the grief, anger, and disorientation that deconstruction produces, and unusual clarity about the specific theological and psychological work reconstruction requires, this book addresses: what you actually lost and why it mattered; how to grieve without letting the grief consume you; what healthy doubt looks like versus the anxiety spiral that disguises itself as doubt; which parts of the tradition are worth keeping and which were always the problem; how to find community when the community you had is gone; and what a mature, honest, genuinely held faith can look like on the other side. Whether you're in the early chaos of deconstruction, the long middle of reconstruction, or trying to help someone you love navigate either, this roadmap offers what the existing literature doesn't: honest, non-prescriptive, practically useful guidance for one of the most significant spiritual journeys of contemporary life. Perfect for: post-evangelical Christians, exvangelicals, progressive Christians, spiritual directors, therapists with religious clients, and anyone who loved their faith enough to take it seriously.
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