Blue Windows: A Christian Science Childhood

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Barbara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian Science.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Picador 2014

Summary:

From Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christian Science, to Deepak Chopra, Americans have struggled with the connection between health and happiness. Barbara Wilson was taught by her Christian Scientist family that there was no sickness or evil, and that by maintaining this belief she would be protected. But such beliefs were challenged when Wilson's own mother died of breast cancer after deciding not to seek medical attention, having been driven mad by the contradiction between her religion and her reality. In this perceptive and textured memoir Blue Windows, Wilson surveys the complex history of Christian Science and the role of women in religion and healing.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Contents

Dedication

Introduction: “How Long Has It Been Since You’ve Been Home?”

Epigraph

Part One: A Taste of Heaven

1. Absent Treatment

2. Mother Church

3. Science

4. Health

5. Blue Windows

6. Splinters

Part Two: A Taste of Hell

7. Warpaint

8. Eleven

9. Writing an Autobiography

10. Orphans

11. Wicked

12. Jail Bait

13. Fire and Brimstone

Part Three: Testimony

14. Stand Porter at the Door of Thought

15. Meeting Medusa

16. Testimony

Some Notes on Further Reading About Christian Science

Praise for Blue Windows

About the Author

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Notes:

Lambda Literary Awards (won), 1998

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ISBN:

9781466888869

1466888865

OCLC:

1429723735