Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America

Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9780674027039
ISBN-13 : 0674027035
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Book Synopsis Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America by : Matthew Avery Sutton

Download or read book Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America written by Matthew Avery Sutton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimee Semple McPherson was the most flamboyant and controversial minister in the United States between the world wars, building a successful megachurch, a mass media empire, and eventually a political career to resurrect what she believed was America's Christian heritage. Sutton's definitive study reveals the woman as a trail-blazing pioneer, her life marking the beginning of Pentecostalism's advance to the mainstream of American culture.


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