Seekers and Scholars

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.

Find out why the cultural and religious character of her native state meant so much to the founder of Christian Science.

Listen as members of two major documentary editing projects discuss their work and its impact on religious history.

Learn why America’s passion for verse in the nineteenth century is meaningful for a Ugandan college student today.

How can new technologies serve a person’s spiritual growth? Explore a powerful Christian Science study tool, through firsthand accounts of its development.

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.

Find out why Eddy described the teachings and work of a prominent New Hampshire minister as the “vestibule of Christian Science.”

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.

Learn how and why the untold stories of two pioneering Black African women Christian Scientists are resonating with contemporary women scholars and activists.

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.