Abstract

This article examines the locations of the 111 governing members of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) and consider how these locations hinder evangelical Protestants from reaching their goal of engaging American society. We found that CCCU institutions cluster in cities in mid-sized metropolitan regions in the South and Midwest, are more likely than the United States population as a whole to be in rural areas, and have a limited presence in the largest metropolitan regions in the United States, particularly their central cities. In comparison to the top 102 liberal arts institutions and top 101 national universities, CCCU governing members were on average founded later and they have locations more similar to liberal arts schools than research universities. We argue that these patterns are physical manifestations of the modernist-fundamentalist debate, suburbanization pressure and anti-urban sentiment, and concentrations of evangelical residents. We conclude that CCCU members’ locations limit their ability to help students and constituents engage society with locations away from the largest cities and their power, resources, and networks.

摘要

本文考察了基督教学院和大学理事会 (CCCU) 的 111 名理事成员的所在地，并考虑了这些地点如何阻碍福音派新教徒实现他们参与美国社会的目标。我们发现 CCCU 机构聚集在南部和中西部中等城市地区的城市，比美国整体人口更有可能在农村地区，并且在美国最大的城市地区的存在有限州，尤其是他们的中心城市。与排名前102的文科院校和排名前101的国立大学相比，CCCU理事平均成立时间较晚，与文科院校相比，位置更接近于研究型大学。我们认为，这些模式是现代主义原教旨主义辩论、郊区化压力和反城市情绪以及福音派居民集中的物理表现。我们得出的结论是，CCCU 成员的位置限制了他们帮助学生和选民与远离大城市及其权力、资源和网络的地方进行社会交往的能力。