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Join The Mary Baker Eddy Library for monthly episodes of Seekers and Scholars, at the intersection of scholarship and spiritual quest.
Mary Baker Eddy dedicated her chief work Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures to “honest seekers for Truth.” The Seekers and Scholars podcast series celebrates the spirit of inquiry that is illuminating engagement with Eddy’s life, writings, and ideas in a wide variety of fields. Join The Mary Baker Eddy Library for monthly episodes at the intersection of scholarship and spiritual quest.
14. Empathy and religious scholarship
Learn how a historian balances sympathetic understanding with critical analysis, exploring the life and career of Laura Lathrop—an important figure in the history of Christian Science.
read more13. Women’s rights—and a woman’s right to interpret the Bible
Explore Mary Baker Eddy’s liberating—and healing— explanation of controversial biblical texts.
read more12. Religious tolerance and the art of Violet Oakley
Discover how the ideals of Violet Oakley fueled her trailblazing life and career as one of America’s most important twentieth-century artists.
read more11. Mary Baker Eddy as a copyright activist (Part Two)
Episode 11 continues the conversation with Dr. Andrew Ventimiglia. We learn more about Mary Baker Eddy’s activity in reforming intellectual property laws, which resulted in her sharing the same copyright lawyer as Mark Twain.
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