God is the foundation of all cultural activities. Human culture throughout the world, however, is losing that foundation and hence is becoming distorted and corrupt. A cure for this global problem should be found in exercising Christian influences upon the various stages of cultural activities. Mass media and popular culture, in particular, are key to the creation and distribution of contemporary culture. Therefore, we need to utilize them aggressively rather than to ignore and shun them. This school aims at training Christian experts who will work for the recovery of human culture as God's good creation. Primary concerns are with criticizing contemporary mass culture, raising Christian experts in media and culture, and ultimately creating an alternative Christian culture.
Christian Culture
This concentration is designed to provide theological-biblical perspectives without disregarding a broad humanistic foundation. What separates it from conventional Christian disciplines is that it places far more emphasis on the dimensions of Christian values that are operative in cultural activities. Therefore, courses are offered to give students: (1) a general theological foundation; (2) opportunities to wrestle with significant issues of contemporary society that have often been neglected and avoided by traditional theological education. The latter includes subjects related to history, culture, politics, socio-economic issues, and other world religions. In short, the culture concentration will provide a Christian world-view and theological-humanistic knowledge that could be useful for Christian cultural activities or further studies rather than specialized skills and information.
Mass Communication
One of the most important developments in the 21st century will be the cultural changes that multi-media communication will bring forth. The communication concentration is designed to raise Christian experts in this revolutionary field of contemporary and future culture. Emphases are given to news media, information agents, and visual communication. Considering the university's vision toward the world, courses for other conventional means of communication such as literature and the theater are also offered. All these are done for the purpose of establishing Christian alternatives over and against popular media and culture. This concentration will be an excellent preparation for those who want to work in the areas of journalism, broadcasting, PR as well as movies, music, and other cultural fields.
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