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Christian Science went on to become the fastest-growing American religion in the early 20th century. The federal religious census recorded 85,717 Christian Scientists in 1906; 30 years later it was 268,915. [222] In 1890 there were seven Christian Science churches in the United States, a figure that had risen to 1,104 by 1910. [178]
[17] [6] Hamer gives regular lectures at Centre Place (the Toronto congregation of Community of Christ) on the topics of history, theology, and philosophy. Over 100 of his lectures are available on the Centre Place YouTube channel. [18] Semiweekly on weekdays, Hamer teaches sitting meditation from the Zen tradition. [19]
Later she suggested that Christian Science was a kind of second coming and that Science and Health was an inspired text. [n 10] [48] In 1895, in the Manual of the Mother Church, she ordained the Bible and Science and Health as "Pastor over the Mother Church". [49] Christian Science theology differs in several respects from that of traditional ...
The Bampton Lectures at the University of Oxford, England, were founded by a bequest of John Bampton. [1] They have taken place since 1780. They were a series of annual lectures; since the turn of the 20th century they have sometimes been biennial. They continue to concentrate on Christian theological topics.
The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science (1909) is a highly critical account of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, and the early history of the Christian Science church in 19th-century New England. It was published as a book in November 1909 in New York by Doubleday, Page & Company.
According to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) archivist Nell Wing, early AA members were strongly encouraged to read Thomas Troward's Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science. [3] In the opening of the 2006 film The Secret , introductory remarks credit Troward's philosophy with inspiring the movie and its production.
The Dwight H. Terry Lectureship, also known as the Terry Lectures, was established at Yale University in 1905 [1] by a gift from Dwight H. Terry of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Its purpose is to engage both scholars and the public in a consideration of religion from a humanitarian point of view, in the light of modern science and philosophy.
However, both Quimby's son [14] and Christian Scientists [15] have pointed out major differences between Quimbyism and Christian Science. Biographer Gillian Gill [ 16 ] and others [ 17 ] agreed, pointing out that because of its theism , Christian Science differs considerably from the teachings of Quimby, who did not base his work in religion.