A LONG WAY EAST OF EDEN
By Pete Lowman
Paternoster. 390 pages
ISBN 1 84227 108 3
For many Christians, 'deconstructionism' is a dirty word of the worst order - it conjures up nightmarish images of enemies of truth like Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault.
There is, however, such a thing as sanctified deconstructionism that the Bible fully endorses. It lay at the heart of the ministry of Old Testament prophets like Jeremiah who was told to 'uproot and tear down' before he could 'plant and build' through God's Word. It is an element of authentic ministry that carries through into the New Testament and that continues to be a crying need in every generation for those who minister the Word of God, whether by personal testimony or public proclamation.
