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| Titre : | Sister Aimee : The Life of Aimee Semple McPherson |
| Auteurs : | Daniel Mark Epstein, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Orlando [USA] : Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-15-600093-2 |
| Format : | xiii + 475 p. / Bibliographie; index |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | LJ (Biographies de figures de l'histoire chrétienne) |
| Résumé : |
Aimee Semple McPherson was consecrated to God, before she was born, by her mother, a soldier of the Salvation Army. She was a scamp in school, a young widow in China, and a neurotic housewife in Rhode Island. But when the Lord spoke to her as she was at death’s door, she accepted her ministry. She preached up and down the United States—in tents, concert halls, boxing rings, and speakeasies—prayed for the healing of hundreds of thousands of people, founded a Church, built a Pentecostal temple of Hollywood dimensions in Los Angeles (Charlie Chaplin advised her on sets, Anthony Quinn played saxophone in the pit), and became such a celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s that the press publicly thanked her for giving work to so many journalists.
A “powerhouse biography” (Kirkas Reviews), Sister Aimee “fills a significant gap in the history of revivalism, America’s most distinctive religious form” (The New York Times Book Review). It is also a “sensational tale” (The New Yorker) of the price of fame: exhaustion, insomnia, nervous breakdowns, sexual scandals, lawsuits, and loneliness. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Acknowledgments
- 1. THE EARLY YEARS: Mount Forest, Ontario, 1915 / Aimee’s Parents / Childhood Memories / School Days / Rebellion / First Love / Conversion / Marriage / China / The Old-time Power / Mount Forest, 1915 / Triumph - 2. HER RISE TO FAME: Corona, New York, 1916 / A Miraculous Healing / Fame / The Gypsy Life / Philadelphia, 1918 / California / Baltimore, 1919 - 3. THE HEALING TOUCH: Washington, D.C., 1920 / The Rising Tide / California, 1921 / The Great Campaigns / The First Abduction - 4. THE TEMPLE: New Year’s, 1923 / At Home in Los Angeles, 1924 / Scandal / Kidnapped / Vindication / Aimee vs. Minnie, 1927 / The Crash - 5. THE FINAL YEARS: Attar of Roses / The Commissary / Show Business / Sharing the Stage, L.A., 1935 / Sanctuary - Epilogue - Notes - Bibliography - Index of Biblical Passages and References - Chronology of Aimee Semple McPherson |
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