TY - BOOK AU - Dawn,Marva J TI - Reaching out without dumbing down: a theology of worship for the turn-of-the-century culture SN - 9780802841025 AV - BV15.D271.R433 1995 PY - 1995/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - W.B. Eerdmans KW - Public worship KW - Christianity and culture N1 - 1 (pages 308-316); Why this book is critically needed --; Inside the technological, boomer, postmodern culture --; Outside the idolatries of contemporary culture --; Upside-down: worship as a subversive act --; God as the center of worship: who is worship for? -- The character of the believer: having content or being content? -- The character of the Church as a Christian community: what is at stake? -- Throwing the baby out with the bath water or putting the baby in fresh clothes: music --; Worship ought to kiss us: the word --; Discovering our place in the story: ritual and liturgy and art --; Reaching out without dumbing down --; The Church as its own worst enemy: is it happening again? -- Appendix: sample children's sermons; 2 ER -