Metaphysical family
Several periods of Protestant Christian revival nurtured a proliferation of new religious movements in the United States. In the latter half of the 19th century these included what … See more

Christian Science prayer
[A]ll healing is a metaphysical process. That means that there is no person to be healed, no material body, no patient, no matter, no illness, no one to heal, no substance, no person, no thing and no place that needs to … See more

• Affirmative prayer – form of prayer that focuses on a positive outcome
• Faith healing – Prayer and gestures that are perceived to bring divine intervention in physical healing
• New religious movement – Religious community or … See more

Mary Baker Eddy and the early Christian Science movement
Mary Baker Eddy was born Mary Morse Baker on a farm in Bow, New Hampshire, the youngest of six … See more

Governance
In the hierarchy of the Church of Christ, Scientist, only the Mother Church in Boston, The First … See more

Notes
1. ^ PBS, August 2008: "The church estimates it has about 400,000 members worldwide, but … See more

• Church of Christ, Scientist Archived 2020-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, christianscience.com
• Mary … See more