I went to high school through one of these conservative Christian liberal arts universities you mention and attended college through another, two that are sort of infamous in America actually: Bob Jones University (the Coens' even made a joke about it in 'The Ladykillers') and Pensacola Christian College. The problem you say about them is very true. They were not at all interested, or so they said, in having the prestige of the elite institutions. They sought to create their own little islands of influence, both of those institutions offering and encouraging their own conservative Christian education from kindergarten to doctorate degrees. However, very few of the graduates from these two institutions have had any influence on America at all, even though the two schools' names are well-known, and even though they have been around for 97 and 50 years respectively. I guess one of the best things I can say about Bob Jones is that at least they have a pretty good collection of medieval and Renaissance Catholic art, but they hide it way in the back of their (halfway decent) museum and give it numerous labels explaining why Catholic Christian doctrines are wrong haha. They perform some pretty good Shakespeare plays as well. As for PCC, they don't really have much art at all (mostly just what people associated with the college have done).
Good to hear this kind of confirmation, Ethan--it's a subject that need more talking.
Why don't various kinds of conservatives have ambitions at least the size of Red America, if not quite national? Why don't people have ambitions to achieve something impressive & lasting even in a state!
I went to high school through one of these conservative Christian liberal arts universities you mention and attended college through another, two that are sort of infamous in America actually: Bob Jones University (the Coens' even made a joke about it in 'The Ladykillers') and Pensacola Christian College. The problem you say about them is very true. They were not at all interested, or so they said, in having the prestige of the elite institutions. They sought to create their own little islands of influence, both of those institutions offering and encouraging their own conservative Christian education from kindergarten to doctorate degrees. However, very few of the graduates from these two institutions have had any influence on America at all, even though the two schools' names are well-known, and even though they have been around for 97 and 50 years respectively. I guess one of the best things I can say about Bob Jones is that at least they have a pretty good collection of medieval and Renaissance Catholic art, but they hide it way in the back of their (halfway decent) museum and give it numerous labels explaining why Catholic Christian doctrines are wrong haha. They perform some pretty good Shakespeare plays as well. As for PCC, they don't really have much art at all (mostly just what people associated with the college have done).
Good to hear this kind of confirmation, Ethan--it's a subject that need more talking.
Why don't various kinds of conservatives have ambitions at least the size of Red America, if not quite national? Why don't people have ambitions to achieve something impressive & lasting even in a state!