Lee University (eBook)

The Path from Church of God Bible Training School to Modern University

John D. Coats (Autor)

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2025 | 1st Edition
278 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
979-8-89527-057-8 (ISBN)

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In 1918, the Church of God established a Bible training school in Cleveland, Tennessee. Meant to be the Christian training arm of the denomination, the schoolgrew to include a high school, music school, and junior college at its campus in Sevierville, Tennessee. Following World War II, it returned to Cleveland and took the name Lee College in honor of the second leader of the denomination and school, Reverend F. J. Lee.In Lee University,John Coats not only chronicles the history of the college but also explores the university's connection to and representation of the Church of God in the American South, offering a microcosm of an evolving evangelical denomination into the second half of the twentieth century. As a faculty member at Lee, Coats is uniquely positioned to offer an inside perspective of the institution's history, examining the people and politics that have shaped it over time. Telling the story of the school through the contributions of influential leaders, key turning points, and ongoing tensions between traditionalists and progressives within the Church of God, Lee Universityis an ideal resource for those interested in Appalachian religious and Pentecostal history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.11.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Religionspädagogik / Katechetik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: 20th-century Christian colleges • Appalachian Colleges Association • Appalachian religious history • Bible colleges in the U.S. • Bible Training School Cleveland TN • Christian college accreditation • Christian college enrollment growth • Christian college traditions • Christian education movements • Christian higher education trends • Christian liberal arts colleges • Christian universities in Tennessee • Church of God and Appalachian culture • Church of God Cleveland TN • Church of God doctrine and education • Church of God education • Church of God global impact • Church of God outreach • Church of God seminaries • Church of God theological education • Church of God theological training • Cleveland Tennessee religious history • evangelical academic institutions • evangelical Christian colleges • evangelical college expansion • faith-based higher education • F. J. Lee • Great Depression education expansion • historical Christian colleges • Holiness movement colleges • Holiness movement in education • Holiness-Pentecostal academic institutions • Holiness-Pentecostal tradition • Lee University • Lee University history • Lee University reputation • Lee University student growth • Methodist college acquisition • Pentecostal higher education • Pentecostal influence in Appalachia • Pentecostal revival and education • Pentecostal universities • religious education Appalachia • religious identity in higher education • religious institutions in Tennessee • religious universities in the South • Southern evangelical universities
• ISBN-13: 979-8-89527-057-8 / 9798895270578