| International Standard Book Number |
9780374601713 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0374601712 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Hoffman, Claire (Journalist), author.
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| Title Statement |
Sister, sinner : the miraculous life and mysterious disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson / Claire Hoffman.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
viii, 369 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-351) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Prologue: "And she did not come back" -- Part I: Rise. Prophetic beginning -- This is that -- Falling in love with destiny -- Flamingo in a chicken coop -- Escape from Providence -- Slain under the power -- New road revival -- City of angels -- Faith healing -- A lady builds a temple -- The best show in town -- Radioland -- Power and pushback -- Burn out -- Part II: Scandal. Abduction -- Resurrection -- Desert search -- Skepticism -- The public mind -- Grand jury -- Sinister plots -- Carmel by the sea -- Love shack -- The ides of August -- Miss X -- Hoax woman -- Persecution -- Double life -- The lesser of two evils -- Part III: Light and darkness. Vindication tour -- Aftermath -- The iron furnace -- "Woe unto the one who breaks the link."
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| Summary, Etc. |
"The dramatic rise, disappearance, and near fall of a woman who changed the world. On a spring day in 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson wandered into the Pacific Ocean and vanished. Weeks later she reappeared in the desert, claiming to have been kidnapped. A national media frenzy and months of investigation ensued. Who was this woman? And why have most of us never heard of her? America's most famous evangelist, McPherson was a sophisticated marketer who used spectacle, storytelling, and the newest technologies -- including her own radio station -- to bring God's message to the masses. Her innovations brought Pentecostalism into the mainstream, paved the way for televangelists, and shaped the future of American Christianity. Her Angelus Temple in Echo Park, Los Angeles, is arguable the first megachurch. And her Foursquare Church continues its work today, with more than eight million faithful around the world. But in 1926, after her disappearance, as crowds gathered at the water's edge, people asked: Was McPherson everybody's saintly sister of a con-artist sinner? The story of what happened next -- sex scandals, religious persecution, legal shenanigans, the seemingly unshakable faith of thousands of followers, and the race to cover it all -- runs through the center of Claire Hoffman's thrilling Sister, Sinner. A riveting journey into the rise of popular religion in America and life in early Hollywood, told with the flavor of the period's noir mysteries, this is the unforgettable story of an iconic woman who disappeared twice -- first into the Pacific Ocean and then into forgotten history -- but who absolutely changed the world."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Evangelists United States Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Evangelists Canada Biography.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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