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Monday, 12 May 2014

"a revolutionary interpretation of the Scriptures"


Robert Peel’s Mary Baker Eddy - The Years of Discovery

The first thing that took my eye was in the dust cover blurb at the front of the book: “The outstanding value of the study, according to the Literary Journal is its “representation of the growth and the development of a revolutionary interpretation of the Scriptures.””  Isn’t that grand?

As students of Christian Science we are revolutionaries!  Something to ponder!

Next thing is that this is definitely a work of literature by a professional historian and teacher (I am not sure if teaching at Harvard can be classified as professorship).  This is evident by all the allusions to famous people, events, and writings which we feel we must, or at least should, learn more about.

This is not light reading.  Peel expects his readers to be willing to ponder his words, and be thinkers, students even.

Joyce Voysey

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