
At the peak of her immense popularity in the 1920s, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was drawing larger crowds to her revivals than those of P.T. Barnum or Harry Houdini. This chapter of "American Experience" paints a vivid portrait of the controversial and charismatic religious figure. Credited with mainstreaming religion in American culture, Sister Aimee created one of the country's first Christian radio stations, among other accomplishments.

Blair Brown
Narrator (voice)
Anthea Butler
Self - Historian
Daniel Mark Epstein
Self - Biographer
Matthew Avery Sutton
Self - Biographer
Randall Balmer
Self - Historian
Edith Blumhofer
Self - Biographer
Tona Hangen
Self - Historian
David Daniels
Self - Historian
Aimee Semple McPherson
Self (archive footage)
Robert Orsi
Self - Historian
Stephen Prothero
Self - Historian
Wendell St. Clair
Self - Historian

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Utopia Ltd.

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Joyce at 34

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To Singapore, with Love

Step
Step

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Bella Australia

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Coastal
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Daddy I Do
Daddy I Do