Mary Baker Eddy Library

The Mary Baker Eddy Library provides public access and context to original materials and educational experiences about Mary Baker Eddy’s life, ideas and achievements. These books are available online, or you can save on shipping costs and get your books faster by contacting our Reading Room at 416-488-4343. We’re happy to order them for you!

Biographies

Christian Healer

For anyone interested in healing through prayer—as a practical approach to well-being, or as a topic of investigation—Mary Baker Eddy: Christian Healer is an incomparable resource. For the first time, all of her more than 300 known documented healings have been collected into one volume. This follows Mary Baker Eddy from obscurity to fame as an eminent thinker and religious leader. Observe her journey from Puritan 19th century upbringing, to a life of compassion for others and devotion to God. Watch her study as an insightful student of the Bible, and her rediscovery and practice of healing in the name of Christ Jesus. It also tells of her work to:

• Support and spread the practice of this Bible-based healing method
• Writing Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
• Founding The Church of Christ, Scientist, teaching metaphysical healing
• Founding and publishing magazines and The Christian Science Monitor

Watch a short video introduction of this biography here. You can also read this biography in our Reading Room or Resource Centre, or purchase online.

Mary Baker Eddy

In this comprehensive biography, scholar Gillian Gill portrays what she calls Mary Baker Eddy’s “astonishing life.” After examining both published and unpublished historical materials, Gill presents Eddy as a radical Christian thinker, and a pioneer in recognizing the connection between spirituality and healing. She also presents her as an extraordinary leader despite the severe obstacles women faced in the nineteenth century. Says Gill of her subject: “From the moment I began to read about [Eddy] she fascinated me, and although she and I appeared to have little or nothing in common, she came to command my respect, my admiration, and even my affections.” Read it in our Reading Room and Resource Centre, or purchase online.

A World More Bright, The Life of Mary Baker Eddy

This new easy-to-read book, A World More Bright, covers Mrs. Eddy’s life from her early days in Bow, New Hampshire to her later years in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The reader will learn not only about her remarkable achievements, but also about the discovery of Christian Science and the church which she founded. This biography is a fascinating account for newcomers, youth, and those already acquainted with Mary Baker Eddy. Read it in our Reading Room and Resource Centre, or purchase online.

We Knew Mary Baker Eddy, Expanded Edition, Volume I

This book weaves together colourful reminiscences of 22 individuals who interacted with Mary Baker Eddy—some for a few days, others for years.

Readers will find in these pages a more intimate portrait of Eddy than a typical biography can provide. It includes glimpses into her daily routines and relationships, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the Leader of Christian Science. Striking examples of the spiritual strength and personal sacrifice underpinning her accomplishments are made clear through her everyday life.

Each voice in this volume is unique, intriguing, and inspiring. The book’s primary objective is to shed light on Eddy and her life, but readers will enjoy getting to know the authors as well. Read it in our Reading Room and Resource Centre, or purchase online.

We Knew Mary Baker Eddy, Expanded Edition, Volume II

This compilation of 22 reminiscences about Mary Baker Eddy brings to life a dynamic period of nearly 25 years when her accomplishments included establishing a spiritual foundation for the governance of her Church with the Church Manual, and founding a newspaper—The Chrisitan Science Monitor. Readers will find compelling accounts of interactions with Mary Baker Eddy that shed a new light on her and her life. These early workers also share an intriguing perspective on their own lives, interesting in their own right. Their accounts illustrate the enduring commitment and unswerving loyalty they expressed.

“We Knew Mary Baker Eddy” is 640 pages long. It includes an introduction, author biographies, 75 photographs and illustrations, endnotes, and an index. Read it in our Reading Room and Resource Centre, or purchase online.