God's Healing Angel: The Life and Work of Mary Baker Eddy

God's Healing Angel chronicles the life and spiritual journey of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science movement in 19th century America. The biography traces her path from illness-stricken young woman in New England to religious leader and founder of a global spiritual healing practice. The book examines key moments in Eddy's development of Christian Science principles and her establishment of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. Phyllis Mack details Eddy's evolving theology, her writing of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and her efforts to build an organization that would carry her teachings forward. This comprehensive biography situates Eddy within the broader context of American religious history while highlighting her status as one of the era's most successful female spiritual leaders. Mack's analysis demonstrates how Eddy's teachings about mind, body, and healing intersected with nineteenth-century ideas about health, gender, and spirituality. Through careful research and historical context, the book raises questions about faith, medicine, and women's leadership in American religious movements. The work explores tensions between spirituality and science that continue to resonate in contemporary discussions of healing and consciousness.

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Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy This foundational text presents the core principles and methodology of Christian Science healing that Mary Baker Eddy developed through her life's work.

Mrs. Eddy: The Biography of a Virginal Mind by Edwin Franden Dakin This biography examines Mary Baker Eddy's intellectual development and the formation of her religious philosophy through primary source documents and contemporary accounts.

A Life of Mary Baker Eddy by Gillian Gill This historical account traces Mary Baker Eddy's transformation from a chronically ill New England woman into the founder of Christian Science through research and archival materials.

Emma Curtis Hopkins: Forgotten Founder of New Thought by Gail M. Harley This biography chronicles the life of another female spiritual leader who, like Eddy, established a healing-focused religious movement in nineteenth-century America.

The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science by Georgine Milmine, Willa Cather This collaborative work provides a journalistic account of Eddy's rise to prominence and the early development of the Christian Science movement.

🕊️ Mary Baker Eddy wrote her seminal work "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" in 1875 after claiming to experience miraculous healing from a severe injury by reading the Bible. 📚 The book explores how Eddy's personal struggles with chronic illness and loss shaped her development of Christian Science, a religious movement that emphasizes spiritual healing. 🏛️ Before founding the Christian Science movement, Eddy studied homeopathy and the mental healing techniques of Phineas Quimby, though she later distanced herself from these influences. 📰 In 1908, at age 87, Eddy founded The Christian Science Monitor, which continues today as an internationally respected news organization. 🌟 Author Phyllis Mack approaches Eddy's story from an academic perspective, having previously written extensively about women's religious experiences and Quaker history at Rutgers University.