Category
Historical Context
Mary Baker Eddy, the history of her church, and the times Christian Science grew out of.
Mary Baker Eddy on Race and Slavery
A former Christian Science practitioner examines the historical evidence that Mary Baker Eddy opposed abolition and held racial views, despite her later claims.
Calvin Frye & The Pie
A former practitioner examines the story of Mary Baker Eddy raising Calvin Frye from the dead and points to his cataleptic seizures as a likelier explanation.
Esoteric Christian Science: MBE as the Woman in Revelation
A look at the idea that Mary Baker Eddy is the Woman in Revelation, the church’s 1943 statement, the Bliss Knapp controversy, and a list of further reading.
Conscientious Objectors & War
A list of sources on Christian Science, conscientious objectors, and war, including articles, church publications from World War I, and Google Books links.
Calvin Frye
References on Calvin Frye, Mary Baker Eddy’s secretary, and the legend that she raised him from the dead, with a Wikipedia excerpt and further reading.
Cross & Crown
A short list of references on the Cross and Crown emblem used by Christian Science, including trademark information, its history, and its use in other groups.
Free Masons
A collection of references on Mary Baker Eddy's Masonic connections, including her first husband's Masonic burial, her own words on it, and further reading.
The Field was Full Well-Meaning Ignorance and Greedy Quackery
A former Christian Scientist considers the 19th-century medical world around Mary Baker Eddy’s followers, and why the faith declined as medicine advanced.
The Medical Context of Mary Baker Eddy’s Times
How primitive and unregulated 19th-century medicine, plus Phineas Quimby’s mental healing, shaped Mary Baker Eddy and the claims of early Christian Science.
Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920
A review of Beryl Satter’s history of the New Thought movement, which places Mary Baker Eddy in the context of Quimby and the teachers who followed her.