Please note I have not read all of these in full, but they have come up time and time again in my searches for more information about the movement
About Christian Science
- Christian Science Falsely So Called by William Leon Brown
- Christian science, an apostasy from science and Christianity: a course of lectures by Cyril Buotich
- God’s Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church by Caroline Fraser
- Christian Science and Kindred Delusions by Luther Harkness
- Lectures and Articles on Christian Science by Edward Kimball
- Christian Science: An Exposition of Mrs. Eddy’s Wonderful Discovery, Including its Legal Aspects by William Purrington
- Christian Science on Trial: Religious Healing in America (Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context) by Rennie B. Schoepflin
- CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: Its Encounter With Lesbian/Gay America by Bruce Stores
- Christian Science by Mark Twain
Mary Baker Eddy
- Mrs. Eddy Purloins from Hegel by Walter Haushalter
- Mrs. Eddy; The biography of a virginal mind, by Edwin Franden Dakin
- According To The Flesh: A Biography Of Mary Baker Eddy by Fleta Campbell Springer
- Open the doors of the Temple: The Survival of Christian Science
by Nancy Niblack Baxter
Christian Science & Faith Healing
- Deadly Blessings: Faith Healing on Trial
by Richard Brenneman
- The Crime of Dorothy Sheridan
by Leo Damore
- The Religion That Kills: Christian Science: Abuse, Neglect, and Mind Control by Linda Kramer
Memoirs by former Christian Scientists
- fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science by Lucia Greenhouse
- God’s Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church by Caroline Fraser
- Pretend You Don’t See The Elephant: The Family Secrets And Silence of Christian Science by Carol-Ann Medina
- The Unseen Shore: Memories of a Christian Science Childhood by Thomas Simmons
- Blue Windows: A Christian Science Childhood by Barbara Wilson
I just found out about the Greenhouse book.
The odd thing is, I don’t actually consider the Mark Twain book anti-Eddy. When I first was introduced to Christian Science, I took a bunch of books out of the Garrett Theological Library in Evanston, Illinois near my house. The books were ‘all’ anti-Christian Science. I couldn’t find a positive book in the Library myself. I wanted to see what others thought of the church, and did I ever get an eyeful.
From my local library, I got the Mary Twain book. The Twain book was quite good I thought. Of course, I don’t think the Milmine book about Mrs. Eddy is that anti C. S. either. I did see some mean moments though. Gee, today TMZ or some anonymous writer on the Internet would do worse to Mrs. Eddy. Look what the Media did to that woman running for the Senate who said, “I’m not a witch.”
The Milmine book paints Mary Baker Eddy as an eccentric. So? I’m an eccentric, too. I think a lot of my ham radio operator friends and definitely my audiophile friends are eccentrics. It makes them interesting though not too good a fit into society I’d admit.
OK, so perhaps “critical” is a bit harsh, but they’re certainly not singing her praises, and they’re not at all authorized by TMC. 😉