Christopher NewportUniversityKeith McLoughland Great BooksSeriesAs an institution, the official "GreatBooks" program was inspired by EncylopediaBritannica's set of volumes of the samename; Keith McLoughland of CNU established a discussion group here inthe spirit of that program, and we carry on that institution in hishonor.The Great Books Series offersinterested scholars the opportunity to discuss important literaturefrom our cultural legacy. Effort will be put to exploring it'smeaning and relevance to our modern situation, making the bestpossible use of our critical thinking skills. The editors of theBritannica series have expressed their policy on the program as the"Shared Inquiry Method of Learning" by which we engage one another in the pursuit oftruth.The fall schedule is asfollows:Wednesday September 10 Dr. LoriUnderwood - Hobbes' LeviathanWednesday September 24 Dr. Kip Redick -Augustine's On ChristianDoctrineWednesday October 8 Dr. Roark Mulligan- Melville's Billy BuddWednesday October 22 Dr. Deborah CarterCampbell - Plato's SymposiumWednesday November 12 Dr. GeorgeTeschner - Tsun Tzu's The Art ofWarThursday November 20 Dr. Terry Lee -Milton's Paradise LostWith the exception of Prof. Lee'spresentation, all meetings will be held in the Board Room of theStudent Center, room 214, at 7:00 pm. Lee will present in StudentCenter 205, at 7:00 pm.Print copies of all of our readingsare available at the CNU Bookstore, on reserve at the library, or as digitally linked fromthis site.Signon to the Great Books Mailing ListLinksBOOKLINKS for many digital textsFour Rules of Shared InquiryGreat Books Discussions