Gillian Jacobs
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189 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard Sep 2025
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This is William Schultz, Assistant Professor of American Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
Pentecostalism was looked down upon by many at the time.
Followers were even disparagingly called holy rollers because when that infilling of the Holy Spirit took place,
Some worshippers would uncontrollably roll on the ground during services.
Pentecostalism would become a huge part of the rest of her life.
Robert, however,
Amy married again a couple of years after returning to the United States, becoming Amy Semple McPherson.
But she quickly realized that this second marriage wasn't her path.
She fell into a depression that severely impacted her mental and physical health to the point that she was hospitalized.
So McPherson answered the call.
She left husband number two, packed her kids and her mom into her car, and began a new life as a traveling preacher on what was called the Sawdust Trail.
Many of these other preachers on the circuit evangelized in a sort of testosterone laden aggressive style.
Sister Amy's message was nothing like that.
She had all of the charisma and theatricality, but a gentler message.
McPherson intuitively knew how to reach people and used whatever mass media tools were at her disposal.
At first, she used a megaphone, and then started a monthly magazine.
With her success, she wasn't just popularizing her ministry, she was popularizing Pentecostalism itself.
In nineteen eighteen, after three years of making a name for herself on the sawdust trail, McPherson's profile had grown, but the endless traveling was beginning to wear on her.
Los Angeles, in many ways, was the perfect fit for Amy Semple-McPherson.
For one, the city was playing a pivotal role in the rise of Pentecostalism because it's where William Seymour's revival was located.
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