Christian Science in the Age of Mary Baker Eddy |
|
| Author:
| Knee, Stuart |
| Series title: | Contributions in American History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-313-28360-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1994 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing USA
|
| Imprint: | Praeger |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
|
The thesis of this study is that Christian Science was a manifestation of the unrest gripping the United States after the Civil War. The age in which the movement flowered was, at once, sordid and gilded, commercial and optimistic. The stormy way through which the new religion passed was, in a sense, the road upon which all new ideas and schemes are tried. Mrs. Eddy's vision was subjected to reasoned and irrational scrutiny for 40 years. In truth, Christian Science belonged only...
More DescriptionThe thesis of this study is that Christian Science was a manifestation of the unrest gripping the United States after the Civil War. The age in which the movement flowered was, at once, sordid and gilded, commercial and optimistic. The stormy way through which the new religion passed was, in a sense, the road upon which all new ideas and schemes are tried. Mrs. Eddy's vision was subjected to reasoned and irrational scrutiny for 40 years. In truth, Christian Science belonged only tenuously to a modern era. It reflected the prevailing optimism, progressivism, utopianism, and feminism of the Gilded Age but did not illuminate the stage with a unique light of its own.