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Marva J. Dawn (born with the surname Gersmehl (Dawn is a pseudonym), August 20, 1948 Napoleon, Ohio ) is a Christian Theologian , author, musician, and educator associated with the para-Church organization ''Christians Equipped for Ministry'', Vancouver, Washington . She also serves as Teaching Fellow in Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia . Dawn is generally perceived as a Lutheran Evangelical . She often writes in a Paleo-orthodox style, stressing the importance of Christian tradition and the wisdom of the Church through the centuries. A scholar with four master's degrees and a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics and the Scriptures from the University Of Notre Dame , she has taught for clergy and worship conferences and at seminaries throughout the United States and Canada and in Australia, England, Hong Kong, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, and Scotland. She is also well-known as a preacher and speaker for all ages and sometimes contributes to worship by means of her musical gifts. She is married to Myron Sandberg. Her 1995 book ''Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for This Urgent Time'' (ISBN 0802841023 ), which urged a second look at so-called "contemporary Christian worship", caused a stir in Evangelical circles as the first scholarly work from within the evangelical community to seriously question "seeker sensitive" style worship. Dawn claims that much contemporary worship, which seeks primarily to evangelize through entertainment, is not really Christian worship at all. Rather than focus on bringing people into the Church through worship, Dawn argues that worship should instead focus upon the glory and grace of the triune God, not ignoring the artistic treasures and traditions of the Church through the ages. The book remains her most widely read and most talked about work. Dawn continued this exploration in her 1999 book ''A Royal "Waste" of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World'' (ISBN 080284586X ). Some other notable works include:
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