Like some of my 1980’s contemporaries, as a truth seeker I discovered Mary Baker Eddy’s book, Science and Health, written in the 19^th century. Eddy a Transcendental Romantic-era thinker and healer was plucked from decades of obscurity in the late 20^th century and her writing was embraced as a rediscovered classic because of Eddy’s rich depictions of human life and the struggles of human beings and truth seekers.

So, when I heard that Science and Health needed revising and updating, I agreed to do the work. I could see how the outdated 19^th century language and the no longer valid examples created too much wiggle room for misinterpretation and misuse; whereas, Science and Health reveals not only the history and the culture of Christianity, but also shows a Christ-like healing love, untangled from the expectations of society and religious organization. The message isn’t about repressing our self or who we are, but about people waging war with the forces that hold us back.

The revision 21^st Century Science and Health exposes how a person can claw away at the external boundaries of class, gender, or religious organization, to figure out who they are and what they want. Human beings aren’t yet free from the burden of human history and the constraints placed on us by society. Therefore, 21^st Century Science and Health, conveyed in Christian dialect, shows how to struggle with love and Christ, instead of the world. This is not a book about church, but about people getting to be.