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A Royal Waste of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World
Contributor(s): Dawn, Marva J. (Author)
ISBN: 080284586X     ISBN-13: 9780802845863
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
OUR PRICE:   $31.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 1999
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Annotation: Author of Reaching Out without Dumbing Down, Marva Dawn here insists that churches need to engage in a serious process of community discernment concerning worship in order to employ the best tools and forms, and she offers extensive reflections to further the discussion.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - Worship & Liturgy
- Religion | Institutions & Organizations
Dewey: 264
LCCN: 99-19405
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.04" W x 8.99" (1.12 lbs) 385 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Mainline
- Theometrics - Evangelical
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Publisher Description:

Following up on her best selling Reaching Out without Dumbing Down, Marva Dawn offers biblically grounded, experience-based insights to help churches navigate beyond today's destructive worship wars and to stimulate renewal in the worship and life of congregations.
The first major section of the book examines the postmodern, media-saturated, consumerist culture that makes worship difficult yet absolutely essential. The next section focuses on keeping God at the center of worship. Other sections of the book explore issues of taste, forming faith in children, word choices, hospitality in worship, and the challenges of -being church for the world.- The book also includes nine Scripture-based sermons and questions for further discussion.
In contrast to writers who advocate worship for utilitarian purposes, Dawn concentrates on worship's royal dimension, its God-ward focus. A Royal -Waste- of Time amplifies Dawn's earlier argument that churches need to wrangle seriously with the true purpose of worship in order to employ the tools and forms that best enfold participants in the splendor of worshiping God. Only worship filled with the splendor of God, Dawn writes, will lead to genuine adoration of God and faithful formation of his people.

Contributor Bio(s): Dawn, Marva J.: - Marva J. Dawn is a theologian, author, musician, andeducator with Christians Equipped for Ministry, Vancouver, Washington, and Teaching Fellow in Spiritual Theology atRegent College. A scholar with four masters degrees and aPh.D. in Christian Ethics and the Scriptures from theUniversity of Notre Dame, Dr. Dawn has spoken for clergyand worship conferences and seminaries throughout NorthAmerica and in Madagascar and in Eastern and WesternEurope. She has written many books, most of which arepublished by Eerdmans.