Christian Scientist

Prayer-healing church member

A Christian Scientist is a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist, a religious denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in the 19th century.

Christian Scientists believe that illness and suffering can be overcome through prayer and spiritual understanding rather than medical treatment.

Her parents were Christian Scientists who rarely consulted doctors.

denomination

Boston

Massachusetts state capital

lecturer · nurse · quarterly · hymnal

healing

spiritual healing

Non-medical cure through belief

animal magnetism · error · claim · working out · harmony · wholeness · perfection · dominion

practice

Bible study

Examination of Christian scripture

silent prayer · Lord's Prayer · consecration · demonstration · testimonial

theology

Life

State of being

immortality · metaphysics · absolute

Categories
Opposites
medical treatment philosophy

Christian Scientistmedical doctor

Licensed healthcare practitioner

physician · surgeon · oncologist · psychiatrist

religious/theological orientation

Christian Scientistmaterialist

Values physical over spiritual

atheist · secular humanist · Catholic · Jehovah's Witness

epistemological approach

Christian Scientistempiricist

Knowledge-from-experience advocate

scientist · skeptic · rationalist · naturalist

Family

Christian, scientist, Christ, science, scientific, scientifically, Christianity, Christendom, christen

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