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The towering dome of the “mother church” is the centerpiece of the sprawling headquarters for the worldwide religion of Christian Science. Founded in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy, the religion is best known for its practice of “faith healing” that forbids its practitioners to take medicine for illnesses. Eddy, however, was once a larger-than-life figure in American culture who was a leader of the early women’s movement and a pioneering publisher.
Visitors can learn more about Eddy’s life at the eclectic Mary Baker Eddy Library (200 Massachusetts Ave., 617/450-7000, www.marybakereddylibrary.org, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Tues.–Sun., $6 adults, $4 seniors, students, and youth 6–17, free children under 6). A series of multimedia exhibits encourages visitors to develop their own life philosophies while at the same time tracing the evolution of its matriarch’s ideas with refreshingly little proselytizing.
Another exhibit within the Christian Science Center literally provides a window into the newsroom of the Christian Science Monitor, which has its headquarters in the complex.
© Michael Blanding and Alexandra Hall from Moon New England, 2nd Edition
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