Emma Curtis Hopkins: Forgotten Founder of New Thought

Emma Curtis Hopkins led a life of extraordinary diversity and achievement. Here at last is a study that salutes her remarkable life as it explores the route by which she melded spiritual healing, metaphysical idealism, and exotic philosophies into multiple careers of unsurpassed dynamic. As a charismatic teacher, Hopkins instructed or ordained every prominent New Thought leader who founded a major denomination of the movement's churches. Her considerable talents as a mystic and noted author reached fruition with the publication of High Mysticism in 1923. Furthermore, her ideas on healing and prosperity took root in both secular and religious organizations, touching millions around the globe to this day. The long-forgotten Hopkins is now given her due in a book that allows her to triumph in the roles she so ably mastered in life: mentor and mystic, healer and feminist, missionary and biblical prophet, writer and editor.

Author: Gail M. Harley
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 02/01/2002
Pages: 190
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780815629337

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/15/2002 pg. 85
PW Notes and Reprints 04/01/2002 pg. 79
Choice 09/01/2002 pg. 119
Publishers Weekly 04/01/2002

About the Author
Gail M. Harley teaches in religious studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa. She also writes guest editorials for the St. Petersburg Times and the Tacoma News Tribune.