Christian Science

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Christian Science is a 1907 collection of essays Mark Twain wrote about Christian Science, beginning with an article that was published in Cosmopolitan in 1899. Although Twain was interested in mental healing and the ideas behind Christian Science, he was hostile towards its founder, Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910). He called her, according to American writer Caroline Fraser, "[g]rasping, sordid, penurious, famishing for everything she sees—money, power, glory—vain, untruthful, jealous, despotic, arrogant, insolent, pitiless where thinkers and hypnotists are concerned, illiterate, shallow, incapable of reasoning outside of commercial lines, immeasurably selfish." - Summary by Wikipedia, edited by John Greenman

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works, Modern, Christianity - Other

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 PREFACE & BOOK I - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE - CHAPTER I VIENNA 1899 John Greenman
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Play 02 BOOK 1 - CHAPTER II John Greenman
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Play 03 BOOK 1 - CHAPTER III John Greenman
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Play 04 BOOK 1 - CHAPTER IV John Greenman
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Play 05 BOOK 1 - CHAPTER V John Greenman
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Play 06 BOOK 1 - CHAPTER VI John Greenman
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Play 07 BOOK 1 - CHAPTER VII John Greenman
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Play 08 BOOK 1 - CHAPTER VIII John Greenman
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Play 09 BOOK 1 - CHAPTER IX John Greenman
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Play 10 BOOK II - PREFACE & CHAPTER I John Greenman
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Play 11 BOOK II - CHAPTER II John Greenman
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Play 12 BOOK II - CHAPTER III John Greenman
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Play 13 BOOK II - CHAPTER IV & POSTSCRIPT John Greenman
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Play 14 BOOK II - CHAPTER V & SUMMARY John Greenman
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Play 15 BOOK II - CHAPTER VI John Greenman
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Play 16 BOOK II - CHAPTER VII - PART ONE John Greenman
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Play 17 BOOK II - CHAPTER VII - PART TWO John Greenman
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Play 18 BOOK II - CHAPTER VIII John Greenman
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Play 19 BOOK II - CHAPTER IX John Greenman
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Play 20 BOOK II - CHAPTER X John Greenman
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Play 21 BOOK II - CHAPTER XI John Greenman
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Play 22 BOOK II - CHAPTER XII John Greenman
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Play 23 BOOK II - CHAPTER XIII John Greenman
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Play 24 BOOK II - CHAPTER XIV John Greenman
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Play 25 BOOK II - CHAPTER XV John Greenman
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Play 26 APPENDIX A - ORIGINAL FIRST PREFACE TO SCIENCE AND HEALTH John Greenman
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Play 27 APPENDIX B John Greenman
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Play 28 APPENDIX C - The following is the spiritual signification of the Lord's Prayer: John Greenman
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Play 29 APPENDIX D John Greenman
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Play 30 APPENDIX E - Reverend Heber Newton on Christian Science: John Greenman
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Play 31 APPENDIX F John Greenman
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Play 32 MRS.EDDY IN ERROR John Greenman
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Play 33 MAIN PARTS OF THE MACHINE John Greenman
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Play 34 DISTRIBUTION OF THE MACHINE'S POWERS AND DIGNITIES John Greenman
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Play 35 CONCLUSION John Greenman
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