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Discover how seekers and scholars from a variety of disciplines have engaged with Mary Baker Eddy's life, ideas, and accomplishments. The final episode aired August 1, 2025. All 105 episodes in the series remain available.
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Find out how Christian Science student and faculty groups have fostered healing and fellowship in a range of academic settings.
From business franchising to the Hoover Dam, discover the spiritual foundations of the women responsible for designing them.
Enjoy intimate readings of poems in Christian Science literature, from Mary Baker Eddy’s time to the present day.
Find out how Marilynne Robinson’s fresh insights on the book of Genesis relate to its spiritual significance for Mary Baker Eddy.
Hear people from four institutions, including The Mary Baker Eddy Library, discuss the responsibilities involved in preserving religious history.
Learn how the wife of America’s ambassador to China drew on her deep faith to overcome attacks from Chinese combatants during the Boxer Rebellion.
Find out how the ideals of William Penn and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy inspired a leading twentieth-century artist’s portrayals of love and peace.
Listen to Library staff members illuminate Christian Science history through objects they exhibited from our collections.
Hear the backstory of this beloved church songbook and learn how it compares with those of other religious traditions.
Learn about the ways some Shaker communities embraced Christian Science teachings and healing—as well as how Mary Baker Eddy thought about their beliefs and practices.
Find out why the cultural and religious character of her native state meant so much to the founder of Christian Science.
Listen as members of two major documentary editing projects discuss their work and its impact on religious history.
Learn why America’s passion for verse in the nineteenth century is meaningful for a Ugandan college student today.
How can new technologies serve a person’s spiritual growth? Explore a powerful Christian Science study tool, through firsthand accounts of its development.
![91. The Clerk and “the doings of the [Mother] Church”](https://s3.castbox.fm/7f/0c/9c/4cbb2abeed1b6f5f7cf7046a8cb4497e4e_scaled_v1_400.jpg "91. The Clerk and “the doings of the [Mother] Church”")
How does a worldwide religious body stay connected? Explore some of the ways this interaction has worked for the Christian Science church, from its origins up to the present day.
Find out why Eddy described the teachings and work of a prominent New Hampshire minister as the “vestibule of Christian Science.”
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.
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