Material expression and maternalism in Mary Baker Eddy's Boston churches: how architecture and gender compromised mind

Using the architecture and iconography of the Mother Church of Christian Science and its Extension in Boston as historical evidence, this article argues that Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy's use of metaphors and material images to consolidate her leadership of the new religious organ...

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Main Author: Kilde, Jeanne Halgren 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2005]
In: Material religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 164-197
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