Seekers and Scholars The Mary Baker Eddy Library

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.

Hear how this “living historical artifact” has been artfully fulfilling its purpose since 1932.

Hear the story of an exiled couple from Nazi-controlled Europe, who went on to become celebrated writers at the international newspaper.

Hear about the influence Christian Science had among the Mormon elite in late nineteenth-century Salt Lake City.