A "Green Oak in a Thirsty Land"$bThe Christian Science Board of Directors Routinizes Charisma, 1910-1925
After the passing in 1910 of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the rapidly increasing Christian Science movement, the governing Christian Science Board of Directors of The Mother Church in Boston faced the daunting task of unifying the sometimes unruly and overly exuberant members of a faith noted for its...
| Published in: | Nova religio |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
[2020]
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Nova religio
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christian Science
/ Board of directors
/ Charisma
/ Religious change
/ History 1910-1925
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Sects
B Christian Science B routinization of charisma B Metaphysics |
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| Summary: | After the passing in 1910 of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the rapidly increasing Christian Science movement, the governing Christian Science Board of Directors of The Mother Church in Boston faced the daunting task of unifying the sometimes unruly and overly exuberant members of a faith noted for its efforts to reintroduce healing to the religious scene. This essay demonstrates that over the next fifteen years the Directors skillfully consolidated their authority and so established centralized control over the fastest-growing religious group in the United States. Divisive litigation between the Directors and the independent-minded Trustees of the Christian Science Publishing Society, 1919-1921, was resolved in favor of the Directors and so provided the capstone for their efforts to bring order to the new faith. In their actions, the Directors often followed business and societal practices, as a means of attaining routinization of charisma. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2020.24.2.32 |