Dickin J
Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary.
Can Bull Med Hist. 2000 Nov;17(1-2):137-53. doi: 10.3138/cbmh.17.1.137.
Aimee Semple McPherson was an important factor in the spread of Pentecostalism in the first half of the 20th century. Although she always identified herself as Canadian, she built her temple in Los Angeles, from which she hoped to evangelize the world. Before settling down in 1923, however, she experienced unnerving success as a faith-healer. Never comfortable with the role, not least of all because she was committed to saving souls, not bodies, Sister McPherson attempted during her secluded final decade to devise a theory of faith-healing. Although still celebrated by her followers as a prophet and a healer, she had expressed discomfort in her lifetime with both these roles. Physically, she ran herself into the ground and died at the age of 54 from a drug overdose.
艾米·森普尔·麦克弗森是20世纪上半叶五旬节派传播的一个重要因素。尽管她一直自称是加拿大人，但她在洛杉矶建造了自己的教堂，并希望从那里向全世界传播福音。然而，在1923年定居下来之前，她作为一名信仰疗愈师取得了令人不安的成功。麦克弗森修女对这个角色一直不太自在，尤其是因为她致力于拯救灵魂，而非身体，在她隐居的最后十年里，她试图设计一种信仰疗愈理论。尽管她的追随者们至今仍将她奉为先知和疗愈师，但她在有生之年就对这两个角色都表达过不满。身体上，她把自己累垮了，54岁时死于药物过量。
