"Bradley Jersak explores the necessity, perils, and possibilities of the Great Deconstruction-people's widespread questioning of and/or falling away from faith-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. Out of the Embers is a collection of vulnerable memoirs, philosophical memos, and candid provocations, drawing on 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"--