Mary Baker Eddy

Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) was an American religious leader who founded Christian Science and wrote its central text, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Her teachings emphasized spiritual healing and the unreality of matter.

Christian Science: A Christian religious movement founded by Mary Baker Eddy that emphasizes spiritual healing and the primacy of divine Mind. Eddy founded the movement and shaped its doctrines, institutions, and healing practice.
Congregationalism: A Protestant tradition in which local churches govern themselves and emphasize congregational authority. Eddy grew up in a Congregationalist household, a background that shaped her biblical outlook.
Augusta Emma Stetson: An influential Christian Science practitioner and church leader who established a major congregation in New York City. Stetson became one of Eddy’s prominent students and helped expand Christian Science beyond New England.
Church of Christ, Scientist: The denomination Mary Baker Eddy founded to organize Christian Science worship, teaching, and healing practice. Eddy established the church as the institutional home for her religious movement.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: Mary Baker Eddy’s book explaining Christian Science through biblical interpretation and spiritual healing. Eddy presented her central teachings in this book, first published in 1875.
New Thought: A nineteenth-century religious movement that emphasized the spiritual nature of reality and the power of thought. Eddy’s movement emerged amid related American metaphysical currents, though Christian Science developed its own doctrine.
William G. Nixon: An early Christian Science practitioner and church organizer who worked closely with Mary Baker Eddy. Nixon served Eddy’s early movement as a student and helped organize its first church.
The Christian Science Monitor: An international news organization founded by the Church of Christ, Scientist in 1908. Eddy’s church created the newspaper to report news while reflecting Christian Science principles.
Metaphysical healing: Healing practices that attribute illness and recovery to mental or spiritual causes rather than physical intervention alone. Eddy’s healing system treats spiritual understanding as the basis for overcoming disease.
Phineas Quimby: An American healer who used mental suggestion and developed a system known as the Science of Health. Eddy received treatment from Quimby and later disputed claims that her teachings derived from his.

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