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Anthea Butler and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh — Reviving Sister Aimee
Episode 226

Anthea Butler and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh — Reviving Sister Aimee

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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June 9, 201152m 30s

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Anthea Butler and Arlene Sánchez-Walsh — Reviving Sister Aimee

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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