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Seekers and Scholars

The Mary Baker Eddy Library

Discover how seekers and scholars from a variety of disciplines have engaged with Mary Baker Eddy's life, ideas, and accomplishments.

  • 32 minutes 52 seconds
    96. “Find ourselves in the place just right”—Shakers and Christian Science
    Learn about the ways some Shaker communities embraced Christian Science teachings and healing—as well as how Mary Baker Eddy thought about their beliefs and practices.
    1 November 2024, 4:01 am
  • 36 minutes 20 seconds
    95. Terms of endearment—Mary Baker Eddy and New Hampshire
    Find out why the cultural and religious character of her native state meant so much to the founder of Christian Science.
    1 October 2024, 12:09 pm
  • 34 minutes 9 seconds
    94. In conversation—the Joseph Smith and Mary Baker Eddy papers
    Listen as members of two major documentary editing projects discuss their work and its impact on religious history.
    2 September 2024, 6:18 pm
  • 46 minutes 43 seconds
    93. Listener’s choice: Revisiting “Psalms of Life—Mary Baker Eddy and 19th-century American poetry”
    Learn why America’s passion for verse in the nineteenth century is meaningful for a Ugandan college student today.
    1 August 2024, 4:01 am
  • 32 minutes 29 seconds
    92. Concord—spiritual quest and “the word” in the computer age
    How can new technologies serve a person’s spiritual growth? Explore a powerful Christian Science study tool, through firsthand accounts of its development.
    1 July 2024, 2:55 pm
  • 32 minutes 16 seconds
    91. The Clerk and “the doings of the [Mother] Church”
    How does a worldwide religious body stay connected? Explore some of the ways this interaction has worked for the Christian Science church, from its origins up to the present day.
    1 June 2024, 4:01 am
  • 32 minutes 3 seconds
    90. Cherishing her Congregational roots—Mary Baker Eddy and the Boutons
    Find out why Eddy described the teachings and work of a prominent New Hampshire minister as the “vestibule of Christian Science.”
    1 May 2024, 4:01 am
  • 32 minutes 13 seconds
    89. Mary Baker Eddy’s argument with animal magnetism and “vitalism”
    Hear about a nineteenth-century American culture fascinated with the vitalizing effects of psychic practices, and learn why Eddy saw them as delusional and dangerous.
    1 April 2024, 2:06 pm
  • 33 minutes 50 seconds
    88. Christian Science meets African women theologians
    Learn how and why the untold stories of two pioneering Black African women Christian Scientists are resonating with contemporary women scholars and activists.
    1 March 2024, 5:01 am
  • 33 minutes 17 seconds
    87. Frances Willard, Mary Baker Eddy, and Christian social reform
    In 1932, the president of the temperance movement and the founder of Christian Science were voted two of America’s most important women leaders. Find out how they connected, and why.
    1 February 2024, 5:01 am
  • 31 minutes 30 seconds
    86. The Christian Science Publishing House—a building for the world
    Hear how this “living historical artifact” has been artfully fulfilling its purpose since 1932.
    1 January 2024, 5:01 am
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