| Christian Science in the Age of Mary Baker Eddy Contributor(s): Knee, Stuart (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313283605 ISBN-13: 9780313283604 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1994 Annotation: 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 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Denominations - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 289.509 |
| LCCN: 93037506 |
| Lexile Measure: 1480 |
| Series: Contributions in American History |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.93 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 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. |