Retrospection and Introspection (Authorized Edition)

by Mary Baker Eddy

Overview

Mary Baker Eddy's autobiography begins with her personal history and leads into her discovery of Christian Science and her explication of what it means to follow and practice Christ Jesus' teachings. An important read about a 19th-century woman who transcended her time and discovered a system of healing through prayer, it includes instructions and counsel to her students on many topics relevant today.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014403771
Publisher:	The Christian Science Board of Directors
Publication date:	05/09/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	491 KB

About the Author

Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) was an influential American author, teacher, and religious leader. She is noted for her groundbreaking ideas about spirituality and healing, which she based on the Bible, particularly Christ Jesus’ words and works. This system of healing, which she denominated Christian Science, puts into action all that she learned from her Bible study. Her ideas are fully articulated in her major work, the best-seller Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, first published in 1875. In 1879, she founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, which today has branch churches and societies around the world. She established her church “to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.” In 1908 she launched The Christian Science Monitor, a leading international newspaper, the recipient, to date, of seven Pulitzer Prizes. At her passing, hundreds of tributes appeared in newspapers around the world, including The Boston Globe, which wrote, “She did a wonderful—an extraordinary work in the world and there is no doubt that she was a powerful influence for good.”