Rolling Away the Stone: Mary Baker Eddy's Challenge to Materialism“Gottschalk distinguishes himself by placing Christian Science in the larger context of American religion . . . sheds new light on Eddy’s life and work.” —Publishers Weekly This richly detailed study highlights the last two decades of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, a prominent religious thinker whose character and achievement are just beginning to be understood. It is the first book-length discussion of Eddy to make full use of the resources of the Mary Baker Eddy Collection in Boston. Rolling Away the Stone focuses on her long-reaching legacy as a Christian thinker, specifically her challenge to the materialism that threatens religious belief and practice. “Gottschalk has provided readers with a masterful account of Christian Science in its heyday. This book is a first-rate read for students of American religion and provides a look into how one of the country’s more complex religious figures dealt with materialism in the late-nineteenth-century America.” —Religious Studies Review “Gottschalk does a superb job of providing historical context for the chaotic events of Eddy’s final decades.” —Choice “Gottschalk’s account is well told and enriched by fresh material now available from the Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity.” —Christian Science Monitor “The book includes a great deal of fresh research and honest scholarship . . . for the individual wanting to sink his or her teeth into a serious study of Eddy . . . you have a lot to look forward to in reading this book.” —The Christian Science Journal |
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Page 14
... extremely taxing for a woman in her mid-eighties to be the focus Of attention at so crowded an occasion. In addition, she was intent on deflecting attention from herself personally. In April 1906, she had 14 ROLLING AWAY THE STONE.
... extremely taxing for a woman in her mid-eighties to be the focus Of attention at so crowded an occasion. In addition, she was intent on deflecting attention from herself personally. In April 1906, she had 14 ROLLING AWAY THE STONE.
Page 15
... April 1906, she had written to the directors of the Mother Church in the Christian Science Sentinel: “Now is the time to throttle the lie that students worship me, or that I claim their homage.”12 Bookending this message was an article ...
... April 1906, she had written to the directors of the Mother Church in the Christian Science Sentinel: “Now is the time to throttle the lie that students worship me, or that I claim their homage.”12 Bookending this message was an article ...
Page 22
... April 1907. One morning the same month, for example, as the suit was gathering steam, Eddy took comfort when she opened her Bible to the twenty-second chapter of 11 Samuel, a psalm of David thanking God for having “delivered him out of ...
... April 1907. One morning the same month, for example, as the suit was gathering steam, Eddy took comfort when she opened her Bible to the twenty-second chapter of 11 Samuel, a psalm of David thanking God for having “delivered him out of ...
Page 39
... April, she suddenly lost her reason and committed suicide, reportedly leaping from a window of the Parker House in Boston just above the room where Chandler, Peabody, and their associates were planning their strategy for the case.73 ...
... April, she suddenly lost her reason and committed suicide, reportedly leaping from a window of the Parker House in Boston just above the room where Chandler, Peabody, and their associates were planning their strategy for the case.73 ...
Page 46
... April 1903. By this time, Twain's focus had shifted from Christian Science as a healing method to Eddy herself. The picture he drew of her in the North American Review articles and the “Eddypus” manuscript was at the very least ...
... April 1903. By this time, Twain's focus had shifted from Christian Science as a healing method to Eddy herself. The picture he drew of her in the North American Review articles and the “Eddypus” manuscript was at the very least ...
Contents
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2 Becoming Mrs Eddy | 88 |
3 By What Authority? On Christian Ground | 123 |
4 By What Authority? Listening and Leading | 146 |
5 Woman Goes Forth | 168 |
6 The Visible Unity of Spirit | 194 |
9 A Power Not a Place | 287 |
10 The Outflowing Life of Christianity | 320 |
11 The Kingdoms of this World | 355 |
12 Elijahs Mantle | 393 |
The Prophetic Voice | 415 |
Chronology | 421 |
Notes | 427 |
Bibliography | 459 |
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