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Forward by Dr. Sweeting
Dear friends,
In a media saturated world, we are always asking the questions: what is really worth reading, what is really worth seeing, or what is really worth listening to?
The CCU Review of Books, Culture, Media, and Life was created to help you answer those questions. It originated with our former president, Bill Armstrong, in April 2014. As President Armstrong put it, the CCU review would “appear from time to time for the enlightenment and entertainment of Colorado Christian University students, faculty, staff, trustees, and friends.”
The CCU Review is a values-driven journal — a collection of reviews and essays that are informed by the University’s Strategic Objectives, Mission, Vision, and Statement of Faith. It aims to help you think, to engage with culture, to live wisely, and to deepen your faith.
At CCU, our faculty emphasize academic excellence, while encouraging our students in the relentless pursuit of truth. We want our students to grow in curiosity. We want them to develop character and courage. We want them to love God and people. Finally, we want to raise up informed, articulate citizens, who will be active in public life.
CCU is a university of the liberal arts and professions that still believes in goodness, beauty, and truth. We hold a deep respect for the authority of Scripture and the wonder of God’s creation. We love learning, and we want to develop the minds and hearts of our students — but that involves the wise intake of good content.
I believe that readers are leaders, and leaders are readers. Consequently, at the heart of the CCU curriculum is the study of great books — the original works of the greatest minds, both ancient and modern.
By the way, unlike some universities which are steeped in post secularism (i.e. that all books are of equal value and texts are basically unknowable), we still believe that the texts can be known and understood. Furthermore, by reading and discussing great books and the arts, our students learn how to think, how to discern the truth from error, and how to love what is good.
We hope you enjoy this new version of the CCU Review of Books, Culture, Media, and Life, and we welcome future suggestions on reviews and essays that you think further the mission and vision of Colorado Christian University.
So, take up and read.
Yours in His service,
