Sister Aimee - The Life of Aimee Semple McPherson

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.

About the author

Daniel Mark Epstein is a poet and playwright. Among the awards he has received are the Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Robert Frost Prize, and the Stephen Vincent Benet Prize. He lives in Baltimore.

Summary

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

• Authors: Daniel Mark Epstein
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.1994
• EAN: 9780156000932
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600093-2
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 835 g
• Series: Harvest Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, Philosophy, Memoirs, History of Religion, Social and cultural history, Religion and beliefs, Biography: religious and spiritual, Biography: historical, political and military, Agnosticism and atheism, New Testaments, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, RELIGION: History, HISTORY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Religious, RELIGION: ATHEISM, PHILOSOPHY: Essays, HISTORY: Essays, RELIGION: Faith, RELIGION: Biblical Biography / New Testament