Yaolee
Chen
HIS
490 The Study of History
Exercise
2.1 Statements of Interest
Brett
Flehinger
Topic of the paper: Aimee’s Religion
Interesting: During the depression decades, the
government was unable to afford the free lunches to the pupils, but Aimee was
able to do so.
Background: I learn this person from my California
History class this Summer, 2003; Aimee was a leader of Evangelical church in
Los Angeles during the depression decades.
Primary Sources:
First, “The Statement
of Faith”, a description of the Foursquare’s position on 22 issues. Source: Liberty Harbor Foursquare Church.
From: http://www.libertyharbor.org/copyright.htm
August 27, 2002
A statement of that all the members in her church
believes in one God.
Second, “This is My
Task”, A sermon by Aimee Semple McPherson, Given at Angleus Temple, Los
Angeles, California, March 12, 1939.
She said, “It doesn’t matter very much
how rich one dies, or how poor. The big
thing is what you did when you were here [in Angleus Temple]. Did you do your task?”
A statement of serving the only one
church, Angleus Temple only, Aimee’s religion runs into the opposite direction
against my primary sources.
Secondary Sources: http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/Aimee_Semple_McPherson.html
for the history of religion in America.
The Elusive Eden: A New History of
California
Ed. by Richard Rice et. al.
Opening
Sentence: When we talk about religion,
we often think about the political history under Pharaoh, which religion serves
only one God, one King, and one Race, but the religion of California is totally
a different story.