Emma Curtis Hopkins: Forgotten Founder of New Thought

Women and Gender in Religion

by Gail M. Harley

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.

Genres: Religion, History

208 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2001

Reviews

[P.S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ms. Harley has written a great, and rare, academic biography of the "teacher of teachers" in the New Thought Movement. She pulls her research into engaging prose which brings to life this quiet, feminine and intellectual meta-physician.
I pulled from it as I researched New Thought for a documentary, still in production by Toucan Films, and had a chance to interview Ms. Harley. She is as passionate and verse on Emma's life and writings as any I've met.

[Meredith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting little book!