Seekers and Scholars podcast
A podcast series from The Mary Baker Eddy Library
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.
57. New religious movements and nineteenth-century revolutions
Find out what scholars mean by the term “new religious movement”—and why the nineteenth century was a dynamic time of religious innovation.
read more56. Meet the editors of the Mary Baker Eddy Papers
Find out what we’re learning as we publish Eddy’s correspondence. As her life and work took on new dimensions, just who was she communicating with—and why?
read more55. Muscular Christianity, the YMCA, and Mary Baker Eddy
Learn how concern over the weakening of religion in the late 1800s led to an influential movement known as “Muscular Christianity.”
read more54. Community and memory in The Mary Baker Eddy Library archives
What is meant by “collective memory”? How do archives preserve it for the communities they serve?
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