In Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America, Matthew Avery Sutton uses it to show how Aimee Semple McPherson affected the both the area around her Angelus Temple and the United States of America as a whole. Sutton shows this by firstly, explaining how McPherson was successful in her Los Angeles based Angelus Temple. Sutton successfully uses a well written chronicle to support how McPherson affected the USA. Lastly, another factor that support Sutton thesis is his use of applicable sources. Firstly, Sutton shows how McPherson had success in Los Angeles and how it affected the local community. To help show this, Sutton points out that the chamber of commerce made the Angelus Temple a “top destination for tourist hoping
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Sutton uses the chronicle need for history in a factual and chronological manner to show the life of Aimee McPherson and her effect on the Christian Church. This is important in Sutton’s book, for example he uses “The Heavenly Aeroplane” incident to say that “McPherson preached in her leather flight hat, goggle, and pilot’s coat.” all to capitalize on a near miss of an accident. Sutton later explains how McPherson’s fame began to affect her as a person. By doing so, as Sutton says “many did not like what they saw,” they saw a rich women, not a layman. Even later in the book Sutton is able to show how McPherson was a great fundraiser and is described to be “like other Hollywood celebrities” in ability to raise money. This quote helps Sutton’s point that even though McPherson was not loved by everyone, she still had a great influence over many people who would help her raise …show more content…
One of the best sources that helps Sutton make a very accurate argument on how McPherson affected others is the way he used newspapers of the day to show the thought of the time. One example is how those in the “underworld” of politics “vowed to silence her,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Another example of the newspapers showing what a thought of the time was is how the Los Angeles Times reporters observed when visiting McPherson’s home that it “contrasted sharply with the Four Square idea” and it also showed a change in McPherson compared to her “prekidnapping simplicity.” This shows the thought of how McPherson changed and by doing so, caused a change in the way people looked at her. This affected the way the United States looked at her as she was beginning to be looked at less like a preacher and more of a celebrity. The use of newspapers allows for a current look into the thought of the day. That is because newspapers are printed to sell, and sell what the consumers think and want to hear. The examples show that the thought on McPherson began to change as opposed to her original start as a preacher in Los
Sutton uses the chronicle need for history in a factual and chronological manner to show the life of Aimee McPherson and her effect on the Christian Church. This is important in Sutton’s book, for example he uses “The Heavenly Aeroplane” incident to say that “McPherson preached in her leather flight hat, goggle, and pilot’s coat.” all to capitalize on a near miss of an accident. Sutton later explains how McPherson’s fame began to affect her as a person. By doing so, as Sutton says “many did not like what they saw,” they saw a rich women, not a layman. Even later in the book Sutton is able to show how McPherson was a great fundraiser and is described to be “like other Hollywood celebrities” in ability to raise money. This quote helps Sutton’s point that even though McPherson was not loved by everyone, she still had a great influence over many people who would help her raise …show more content…
One of the best sources that helps Sutton make a very accurate argument on how McPherson affected others is the way he used newspapers of the day to show the thought of the time. One example is how those in the “underworld” of politics “vowed to silence her,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Another example of the newspapers showing what a thought of the time was is how the Los Angeles Times reporters observed when visiting McPherson’s home that it “contrasted sharply with the Four Square idea” and it also showed a change in McPherson compared to her “prekidnapping simplicity.” This shows the thought of how McPherson changed and by doing so, caused a change in the way people looked at her. This affected the way the United States looked at her as she was beginning to be looked at less like a preacher and more of a celebrity. The use of newspapers allows for a current look into the thought of the day. That is because newspapers are printed to sell, and sell what the consumers think and want to hear. The examples show that the thought on McPherson began to change as opposed to her original start as a preacher in Los