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Resources
Guides, reading lists, and references for anyone leaving Christian Science or trying to understand it.
Quick Links
A quick-links page to the site’s FAQs, historical context, books and podcast, therapy and health guides, and support groups for former Christian Scientists.
Mental Health Support, Books & YouTube Videos
A resource list for former Christian Scientists: two mental health episodes with a social worker, a book list sorted by topic, content cautions, and YouTube channels.
Resources for former-CS to share with their therapists
Articles, books, and site resources a former Christian Scientist can share with a therapist to explain Christian Science, including the Scientific Statement of Being.
Step-By-Step: Finding a Therapist
A step-by-step guide to finding a therapist using Psychology Today, with tips on therapy types, vetting, a sample inquiry letter, and choosing a good fit.
How to tell your medical provider about your CS background
Scripts, tips, and a sample letter from former Christian Scientists for telling doctors about a childhood without medical care, plus how to catch up on vaccines.
Podcasts & YouTube Interviews with Former CS
A list of podcasts and YouTube channels about Christian Science and leaving it, including shows by former members, outside interviews, and interviews with Rita Swan.
Christian Science & the Modern Religious "Accommodation"
How a religious exemption entered federal child abuse regulations, whether Christian Scientists were behind it, and the 34 states whose child abuse laws now have exemptions.
Fruitage: by their fruits ye shall know them
A look at Fruitage, the testimony chapter of Science and Health: how its healing accounts were verified, and why medicine of the 1800s may explain some of the recoveries.
Ask a Nurse: Getting Vaccinated for Polio as an Adult
A nurse explains the adult polio vaccine schedule and why it is hard to find a provider who gives it, with links to health departments and CDC resources.
From the Archives: The 'Fall On The Ice'
A look at Mary Baker Eddy’s 1866 fall on the ice in Lynn, the founding story of Christian Science, and records that contradict her account of the injury.