EPISODE · Jun 9, 2011 · 52 MIN
Anthea Butler and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh — Reviving Sister Aimee
from On Being with Krista Tippett · host On Being Studios
A look back at the closest thing the early 20th century may have had to Oprah Winfrey. The flamboyant Pentecostal preacher Aimee Semple McPherson was a multimedia sensation and a powerful female religious leader long before most of Christianity considered such a thing. The contradictions and passions of her life are a window into the world of global Pentecostalism that touches as many as half a billion lives today.
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Anthea Butler and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh — Reviving Sister Aimee
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