The ghost of Barbara Ehrenreich’s mis-portrayal of Christian Science and Mary Baker Eddy seems to want to haunt the discussion on health and healing for many moons to come. This spectre of the inaccurate description of Christian Science and its founder in “Smile or Die” (“Bright-Sided” in the USA) can be seen in the recent [...]
Now that Barbara Ehrenreich’s whirlwind UK book tour has long gone from Albion shores it might be worth taking stock of what happened. The investigative author’s “Smile or die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World” criticises such thinking as being damaging to individuals and society. The book received a unanimous thumbs up from [...]
Investigative author Barbara Ehrenreich has a helpful, interesting historical perspective on Mary Baker Eddy’s teachings as being a catalyst in lifting Americans out of the more severe repercussions of nineteenth century “Calvinist gloom”. She has also undoubtedly struck a chord with many in the mainstream media in the UK. (See this blogs views on that [...]
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