An Uncreated, Knowledgeable, Free and Alone American Saint?
The broadest context for Eddy is probably “America.” She founded a religion in American during an era of great religious enthusiasm. Write a paper that argues whether Mary Baker Eddy’s sermon (whichever of the two you choose to analyze) adheres to Bloom’s definition of the American Religion. Bloom writes a definition of American Religion on pages 102 and 103 of his book. To summarize him, he argues that the American Religion sees 1) the individual as existing before God’s Creation of this world, 2) individuals are free, based on knowledge and 3) freedom remains a solitary condition. You should probably just choose one of these three points and come up with a 2 to 3 page paper, but if you want to discuss two of them or all three, be sure that you have a tight focus and a relationship between the two or three elements of Bloom’s definition. Topic B. Does Eddy Share Any Ideas with the American Transcendentalists? Some notable contemporaries of Eddy’s were the American Romantics, also call
