Seekers and Scholars Podcast
1) 69. American religion in World War II
Learn how American G.I.s found their faith sustaining them when confronted by wartime’s innumerable challenges.
2) 68. The Christian Science encounter with interfaith at the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions
Learn about the complicated beginnings of global interfaith dialogue in a groundbreaking 17-day conference at Chicago’s 1893 Columbian Exposition.
3) 67. “Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances”—working in Mary Baker Eddy’s household
Listen to a conversation with Heather Vogel Frederick, author of Life at 400 Beacon Street: Working in Mary Baker Eddy’s Household.
4) 66. BONUS: Elisa Mazzucato Young—a musical and Christian Science story
As a bonus to Episode 64, enjoy two new recordings of music by composer Elisa Mazzucato Young.
5) 65. The Monitor in Moscow
Listen to intimate portraits of Christian Science Monitor correspondents covering Russia and the Soviet Union in the twentieth century.
6) 64. Bicknell Young—a Mormon and Christian Science story
Learn about the upbringing and spiritual journey of this significant figure in the early Christian Science movement.
7) 63. Discovering the Civil War in the Mary Baker Eddy Papers
Learn about Mary Baker Eddy’s anti-slavery activism, through her correspondence with prominent Union generals, and her husband’s experiences as a Confederate prisoner of war.
8) 62. Women abstract artists—their spirituality and contemporary relevance
Listen to a discussion on the essential role of spirituality in the work of twentieth-century women abstract artists.
9) 61. Mary Baker Eddy—writing without a room of her own
Learn about Mary Baker Eddy’s experiences with housing insecurity, during the time when she was first teaching and writing about Christian Science.
10) 60. Ruth Barrett Phelps—presiding over the king of instruments
Learn about Ruth Barrett Phelps and how she helped change the sound of music in Boston.