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Editorial Review:
Rolling Away the Stone is a richly detailed account of the last two decades of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, a major religious thinker whose character and achievement are just beginning to be understood. This is the first book-length discussion of Eddy to make full use of the resources of the Mary Baker Eddy Collection in Boston. It focuses on her long-range legacy as a Christian thinker, specifically her challenge to the materialism that continues to threaten religious belief and practice in our time.
Hoping to retire in 1889 after seven turbulent years founding the Christian Science movement, Eddy believed the demands upon her would ease. Instead, during the 1890s and 1900s, she entered into the most active and fruitful period of her long life, becoming a nationally and even internationally known figure. The radical character of Eddy’s teaching, together with her position as a woman religious leader in a male-dominated society, aroused storm clouds of controversy that have continued to swirl around her memory today. The book opens with an account of the critical point in this controversy when her very sanity was challenged in a litigation that became one of the first media events of the 20th century.
Stephen Gottschalk also traces the fascinating relation between Eddy’s encounter with the problem of evil in the first half of her life and how Mark Twain, her best-known adversary, faced the same issue during his later years. Gottschalk then explores how Eddy’s challenge to materialism shaped her response to a series of crises that arose as she brought her life’s work to completion. This is a sensitive and serious biography of an important figure in American religious history.
Rolling Away the Stone: Mary Baker Eddy's Challenge to Materialism (Religion in North America) Reviews:
Rolling Away the Stone 
2009-07-09 - The book is in good condition and arrived in a timely manner. I have begun reading, but have not finished. At this point it is well written and researched.
Well done.
2008-11-17 - Too little is known about this woman in an age that is exploring spiritual healing. The world needs to know more about the Christianity she practiced: Christian Science. The book is a good way to get your feet wet, the next step would be to read Mary Baker Eddy's writings directly.
For those who seek Truth
2008-04-28 - This book is for people looking for the meaning of life, a meaning to be found only in the search for God. It explains the quest of Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science at the end of the 20th century, a new Christian denomination, but also a way of thinking and living. Very scholarly, very interesting for people who feel concerned by "the new paradigm".Rolling Away the Stone: Mary Baker Eddy's Challenge to Materialism (Religion in North America)
scholarly research
2008-01-28 - Steve Gottschalk has done another thorough job of research into the life and times of Mary Baker Eddy. His careful analysis is greatly appreciated.
brilliantly written, inspiring to read
2007-12-12 - Stephen Gottchalk's writing is articulate and illuminating. A fascinating book which I could hardly put down. Very inspiring and enlighening at times. He thoroughly understood his subject and brings forth his vast and detailed understanding to the reader in a way that is easy to comprehend. It clears up fallacies and inaccuracies . It is an important book for sincere readers.
