Flesh and Matter: The Scriptures Versus Christian Science
New York: Published by the Author, 1910. First Edition. Signed inscription by the author. 12mo, 169 pages, publisher's original green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Flesh and Matter: The Scriptures Versus Christian Science by Sara Van Alen Murray is a scarce early 20th-century religious and theological critique of Christian Science, written in direct opposition to the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy and the metaphysical doctrines of mind-cure, spiritual healing, and the denial or reinterpretation of matter. Published in 1910, the work argues from a Scriptural and orthodox Christian perspective against central Christian Science ideas concerning the body, sickness, sin, prayer, faith, healing, and the relationship between spirit and matter. Murray’s text belongs to the broader period debate over Christian Science, New Thought, faith healing, metaphysical religion, and modern religious movements in America, making it an interesting title for collectors of Christian Science controversy, women religious writers, anti–Christian Science literature, Biblical apologetics, American theology, and early 20th-century alternative religious history. Discoloration to the spine, some slight rubbing, some edges remain unopened, else in very good condition. Item #332
Price: $300.00