Sister Aimee: The Life of Aimee Semple McPherson

by Daniel Mark Epstein

Overview

Sister Aimee was a scamp in school, a young widow in China, and a neurotic housewife in Rhode Island, but when the Lord spoke to her, she accepted her ministry and began preaching. This book “fills a significant gap in the history of revivalism” (New York Times Book Review). Photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156000932
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	06/28/1994
Series:	Harvest Book Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	512
Sales rank:	297,707
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.32(d)

Table of Contents

1. THE EARLY YEARS		3	(92)
Mount Forest, Ontario, 1915		3	(2)
Aimee's Parents		5	(9)
Childhood Memories		14	(6)
School Days		20	(9)
Rebellion		29	(11)
First Love		40	(7)
Conversion		47	(7)
Marriage		54	(10)
China		64	(12)
The Old-time Power		76	(3)
Mount Forest, 1915		79	(7)
Triumph		86	(9)
2. HER RISE TO FAME		95	(82)
Corona, New York, 1916		95	(11)
A Miraculous Healing		106	(8)
Fame		114	(12)
The Gypsy Life		126	(9)
Philadelphia, 1918		135	(11)
California		146	(8)
Baltimore, 1919		154	(23)
3. THE HEALING TOUCH		177	(70)
Washington, D.C., 1920		177	(7)
The Rising Tide		184	(17)
California, 1921		201	(14)
The Great Campaigns		215	(26)
The First Abduction		241	(6)
4. THE TEMPLE		247	(108)
New Year's, 1923		247	(12)
At Home in Los Angeles, 1924		259	(23)
Scandal		282	(14)
Kidnapped		296	(19)
Vindication		315	(7)
Aimee vs. Minnie, 1927		322	(16)
The Crash		338	(17)
5. THE FINAL YEARS		355	(86)
Attar of Roses		355	(14)
The Commissary		369	(14)
Show Business		383	(7)
Sharing the Stage, L.A., 1935		390	(26)
Sanctuary		416	(23)
Epilogue		439	(2)
Notes		441	(18)
Bibliography		459	(12)
Index of Biblical Passages and References		471	(2)
Chronology of Aimee Semple McPherson		473