Rolling away the stone : Mary Baker Eddy's challenge to materialism / / Stephen Gottschalk

• Autore: Gottschalk Stephen
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (502 p.)
• Disciplina: 289.5/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Materialism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-468) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prelude: the world's "leaden weight" -- "O God, is it all!" -- Becoming "Mrs. Eddy" -- By what authority? : on Christian ground -- By what authority? : listening and leading -- Woman goes forth -- "The visible unity of Spirit" -- "The preparation of the heart" -- "Ayont hate's thrall" -- A power, not a place -- "The outflowing life of Christianity" -- "The kingdoms of this world" -- Elijah's mantle -- Coda : the prophetic voice.
• Sommario/riassunto: This richly detailed study highlights the last two decades of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, a prominent religious thinker whose character and achievement are just beginning to be understood. It is the first book-length discussion of Eddy to make full use of the resources of the Mary Baker Eddy Collection in Boston. Rolling Away the Stone focuses on her long-reaching legacy as a Christian thinker, specifically her challenge to the materialism that threatens religious belief and practice.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rolling away the stone
• ISBN: 0-253-22323-7; 0-253-01362-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813037803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in North America