In 2000 an edition of My Religion was published by Swedenborg Foundation Publishers together with an article entitled. These revisions were negligible next to all that was retained. Extra paragraph breaks were added and a very few passages that distracted from the main messages were delicately pruned. Other revisions included modernization of several words and phrases, substitution of inclusive language where appropriate, correction of spelling and typographical errors, alteration of punctuation to conform to modern standards, and emendation of a few historical inaccuracies. Furthermore, important materials not present in the first edition were added to elucidate and expand the original text. In 1994, Ray Silverman, a Swedenborgian minister and literary scholar, thoroughly revised and edited My Religion, organizing the eight unwieldy sections of the first edition into twelve distinct chapters with subheadings to clarify their contents. Nevertheless, it sold well in 1927 and has remained in print ever since. The original publication was loosely put together and hastily printed by Doubleday, Page & Company. This book is regarded as Keller's spiritual autobiography in which she openly told that "the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg have been my light, and a staff in my hand and by his vision splendid I am attended on my way". The book was written as a tribute to Emanuel Swedenborg whom Helen regarded as "one of the noblest champions true Christianity has ever known". My Religion is a 1927 book written by Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) when she was 47 years old.
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