Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America
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2009
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-03253-8 (ISBN)
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-03253-8 (ISBN)
McPherson was the most flamboyant, controversial minister in the U.S. between the world wars, building a megachurch, a mass media empire, and a political career to resurrect what she saw as America’s Christian heritage. Sutton’s study reveals a trail-blazing pioneer, marking the beginning of Pentecostalism’s advance to mainstream American culture.
From the Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth Rock to Christian Coalition canvassers working for George W. Bush, Americans have long sought to integrate faith with politics. Few have been as successful as Hollywood evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.
During the years between the two world wars, McPherson was the most flamboyant and controversial minister in the United States. She built an enormously successful and innovative megachurch, established a mass media empire, and produced spellbinding theatrical sermons that rivaled Tinseltown's spectacular shows. As McPherson's power grew, she moved beyond religion into the realm of politics, launching a national crusade to fight the teaching of evolution in the schools, defend Prohibition, and resurrect what she believed was the United States' Christian heritage. Convinced that the antichrist was working to destroy the nation's Protestant foundations, she and her allies saw themselves as a besieged minority called by God to join the "old time religion" to American patriotism.
Matthew Sutton's definitive study of Aimee Semple McPherson reveals the woman, most often remembered as the hypocritical vamp in Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry, as a trail-blazing pioneer. Her life marked the beginning of Pentecostalism's advance from the margins of Protestantism to the mainstream of American culture. Indeed, from her location in Hollywood, McPherson's integration of politics with faith set precedents for the religious right, while her celebrity status, use of spectacle, and mass media savvy came to define modern evangelicalism.
From the Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth Rock to Christian Coalition canvassers working for George W. Bush, Americans have long sought to integrate faith with politics. Few have been as successful as Hollywood evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.
During the years between the two world wars, McPherson was the most flamboyant and controversial minister in the United States. She built an enormously successful and innovative megachurch, established a mass media empire, and produced spellbinding theatrical sermons that rivaled Tinseltown's spectacular shows. As McPherson's power grew, she moved beyond religion into the realm of politics, launching a national crusade to fight the teaching of evolution in the schools, defend Prohibition, and resurrect what she believed was the United States' Christian heritage. Convinced that the antichrist was working to destroy the nation's Protestant foundations, she and her allies saw themselves as a besieged minority called by God to join the "old time religion" to American patriotism.
Matthew Sutton's definitive study of Aimee Semple McPherson reveals the woman, most often remembered as the hypocritical vamp in Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry, as a trail-blazing pioneer. Her life marked the beginning of Pentecostalism's advance from the margins of Protestantism to the mainstream of American culture. Indeed, from her location in Hollywood, McPherson's integration of politics with faith set precedents for the religious right, while her celebrity status, use of spectacle, and mass media savvy came to define modern evangelicalism.
Matthew Avery Sutton is Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of History at Washington State University.
* Prologue *1. Faith in the City of Angels *2. The Foursquare Gospel *3. Marketing the Old-Time Religion *4. Kidnapping the Bride of Christ *5. Unraveling the Mystery *6. Wilderness Wanderings *7. The Long Road Back to Pentecost *8. Searching for Christian America *9. Remaking the City on the Hill * Epilogue * Notes * Acknowledgments * Illustration Credits * Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2009 |
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Zusatzinfo | 50 halftones |
Verlagsort | Cambridge, Mass |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 202 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-674-03253-5 / 0674032535 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-03253-8 / 9780674032538 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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