Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2008
Abstract
“The Mother Church” analyzes the influence of literary sentimentalism on the writings and doctrine of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. Having attempted a career as a sentimental poet in her early life, Eddy imported sentimental notions of motherhood and parent-child separation into Christian Science belief and iconography.
Identifier
10.1162/tneq.2008.81.3.438
Publisher
MIT Press
City
Cambridge, MA
Repository Citation
Stokes, C. (2008). The mother church: Mary Baker Eddy and the practice of sentimentalism. The New England Quarterly, 81(3), 438-461. doi: 10.1162/tneq.2008.81.3.438
Publication Information
The New England Quarterly