You've seen their influence everywhere, you just didn't know it. Christian Science has affected everything in the United States from criminal law to healthcare. How did this Temperance religion gain so much influence?

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Sources

► Books

God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church
Caroline Fraser (1999)
https://amzn.to/3RzkUFM

Christian Science
Mark Twain (1907)
https://amzn.to/40gGy5m

From Science & Religion to God: A Narrative of Mary Baker Eddy's "Science and Health"
Cheryl Petersen (2021)
https://amzn.to/3DqhcrT

Mary Baker Eddy (Radcliffe Biography Series)
Gillian Gill (1999)
https://amzn.to/3IAkuMd

Retrospection and Introspection
Mary Baker Eddy (1891)
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

► Documentaries/Movies/Videos

Mary Baker Eddy: A Heart in Protest (1988)
https://www.christianscience.com/addi...

Larry King Interview with Virginia Harris (September 30 1999)
   • 1999 Larry King Interview with Virgin...  

Gillian Gill on Mary Baker Eddy, BookTV, CSPAN2 (January 26 1999)
https://www.c-span.org/video/?119502-...

Christian Science Lectures -
The healing perspective of Christian Science - Evan Mehlenbacher, Speaker -    • The healing perspective of Christian ...  
Curing the incurable - Elise Moore, Speaker -    • Curing the incurable - Elise Moore, S...  
Discover your relationship with God: 3 simple questions - Stormy Becker Falso, Speaker -    • Discover your relationship with God: ...  
Infinite possibilities for healing - Chet Manchester, Speaker -    • Infinite possibilities for healing - ...  
Spiritual discovery: How we can better the world - Tom McElroy, Speaker -    • Spiritual discovery: How we can bette...  
Moving past fear to healing - Lisa Troseth, Speaker -    • Video  

Healing Testimonies -
   • Healings through prayer  

Children's Videos -
https://sentinel.christianscience.com...
https://www.christianscience.com/yout...
https://www.christianscience4neworlea...

► Audio

Sunday Service of the Mother Church
https://www.christianscience.com/publ...

Wednesday Testimony Meetings of the Mother Church
https://www.christianscience.com/publ...

► Websites and Other Reading

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p...

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Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
1:56 Introduction
4:58 Challenge Discussion
8:20 Mary's Early Years
14:08 The Fall in Lynn
18:57 Mary's Hypochondria
22:02 Quimby and Mesmerism
27:05 Aftermath of the Fall
32:04 Interrogating Sources
42:50 Vlog
46:23 Science and Health
55:07 Christ and Medicine
1:01:33 Men and Lawsuits
1:06:59 Founding the Church
1:15:24 The Mother Church
1:21:58 Healing Testimonies
1:30:33 Exceptions
1:34:45 Attacks and Criticisms
1:41:49 Mary's Final Years
1:47:05 Celebrities
1:49:52 Changing the Law
1:59:46 The Child Cases
2:11:02 Decline of Christian Science
2:21:23 Conclusion

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