Healing the Nation: Literature, Progress, and Christian Science

by L. Ashley Squires, L Ashley Squires, L. Ashley Squires

Book Overview

Exploring the surprising presence of Christian Science in American literature at the turn of the 20th century, L. Ashley Squires reveals the rich and complex connections between religion and literature in American culture. Mary Baker Eddy's Church of Christ, Scientist was one of the fastest growing and most controversial religious movements in the United States, and it is no accident that its influence touched the lives and work of many American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253030374
• ISBN13: 9780253030375
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"