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Resources
Guides, reading lists, and references for anyone leaving Christian Science or trying to understand it.
Hospital Stays
A former Christian Scientist's guide to a hospital stay: getting admitted, who is on your care team, the daily routine, pain, visitors, and going home.
Medical History & Personal Health Records
Why former Christian Scientists with few medical records should start their own health record, what doctors will ask about family history, and where to find old vaccine records.
Book Review: History of Wolves
A review, with spoilers, of Emily Fridlund's novel History of Wolves, which includes a Christian Science family whose young son dies of medical neglect.
Paul Brunton - CS turned Philosopher
A look at Paul Brunton, introduced to Christian Science as a teenager and later a philosopher, with links to his writing and a reader’s account of finding his work.
10 Years of ExCS (a few months late)
The site’s admin team marks ten years of The Ex-Christian Scientist and says the blog is becoming a more evergreen site, with the content and support resources staying.
Measles
Links to posts and sources on measles outbreaks, Christian Science lobbying for vaccine exemptions, and how adults who missed vaccines can get them.
The Weekly Bible Lesson
What the Christian Science Weekly Bible Lesson is, its 26 rotating subjects, and links to former Christian Scientists' writing on those topics.
Christian Science & Lobbying
How the Christian Science church has lobbied Congress for over a century to get practitioner and nursing care covered by insurance and Medicare, and the problems with that.
“Simple” Ideas
A review of Mitch Horowitz's One Simple Idea, a history of positive thinking from Quimby and Mary Baker Eddy through New Thought to prosperity-gospel preachers.
Church Policy & Medical Care
When did the Mother Church start saying members can choose medical care? Mary Baker Eddy’s mixed statements, church policy, and stories of going without care.