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Aimee Semple McPherson and the resurrection of Christian America / Matthew Avery Sutton.
Van Pelt Library BX7990.I68 M325 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sutton, Matthew Avery, 1975-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.
- McPherson, Aimee Semple.
- International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- Evangelists--United States--Biography.
- Evangelists.
- Clergy.
- United States.
- International Church of the Foursquare Gospel--Clergy--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 351 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Sutton's definitive study of McPherson reveals the woman whose life marked the beginning of Pentecostalism's advance from the margins of Protestantism, whose integration of politics with faith set precedents for the religious right, and whose celebrity status came to define modern evangelicalism.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Faith in the City of Angels
- The Foursquare Gospel
- Marketing the old-time religion
- Kidnapping the bride of Christ
- Unraveling the mystery
- Wilderness wanderings
- The long road back to Pentecost
- Searching for Christian America
- Remaking the city on the hill
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-336) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674025318
- 0674025318
- OCLC:
- 77504335
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