Righteous Entertainment/Old Time Religion

Sister Aimee, blessed child of the kingdom, hear our prayer. We know that it was Mary who bore Jesus onto this Earth, but it was you who ushered him into the hearts of all those you met. Sister Aimee, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.


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I probably sound like a broken record by this point in the semester, but once again we're going to mention the theatre, dancing and fun. Sister Aimee as a weird mix of mainline, pentecostal, and fundamentalist had a cadre of seemingly contradictory points of view. However, like those good people before her she denounced all sorts of fun stuff, and yet she was a regular on radio broadcasts? My question now is what is this difference between the insightful, dramatic sermons preached at the revivals and the theater? The theater is denounced because it contains all sorts of worldly things in it, but the sermons of sister aimee are full of murder, blood, heaven, hell, brimstone, light, etc. and all of these things make for one hell of a good play/performance/movie. Is it fair that we can talk about Jesus in such a gory way and yet we can't watch a play with a little sex in it or have a drink from time to time? If I heard Sister Aimee speak, I would need a drink afterwards. Because when you get so high on Jesus, you might need a little help coming down. Like CeCe Winans, Sister Aimee denounced the secular film, tv, and radio industry, but continued to profit from it.

 On a different note. In Sutton's article he makes frequent usage of the quote "old time religion." Sutton does not describe in detail what this means, but he makes note that Sister Aimee wanted to return to the ways of the early methodists. Although in some cases it is not clear if she wishes to go all the way back to the earliest days of the church. This primitivism can be seen in various settings throughout history. Yet the term "old time religion" seems to denote a specific idea in the mind of Sister Aimee and others, but I'm not sure what it is. It is like when someone says "family values" or "staycation." It means something, but I don't know if it can be properly defined.