Christian Science on Trial : Religious Healing in America.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (314 pages)
- Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context Series .
- Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART 1 The World of Christian Science Healers -- 1 Mary Baker Eddy -- 2 Becoming a Practitioner and Teacher -- 3 ''Occasions for Hope'' -- 4 Separating ''True'' Scientists from ''Pseudo'' Scientists -- PART 2 Christian Science Healers and the World -- 5 Physicians Debate Christian Science -- 6 Therapeutic Choice or Religious Liberty? -- 7 Public Health and the Protection of Children -- 8 Century of Promise, Then Peril -- Appendix -- Notes -- Archives Consulted -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index.
"Clearly written and well argued, Schoepflin's excellent study moves beyond the prescriptive literature-focused and Eddy-centered scholarship to show what practitioners and their patients did and thought near the turn of the century." -- Choice.