List of Christian Scientists (religious denomination)

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This list consists of notable members of the denomination called Church of Christ, Scientist. For a list of Christians who are also scientists go to List of Christian thinkers in science.

Politics[]

Political figures[]

Arts and entertainment[]

Artists[]

Entertainment figures[]

Sports[]

Athletes/sportspeople[]

Intellectual life[]

Academia[]

Journalism[]

  • Richard Bergenheim – American journalist and editor[n 27]
  • Erwin Canham – editor of the Christian Science Monitor, also the last Resident Commissioner of the Northern Mariana Islands[118]
  • Kay Fanning – editor of the Anchorage Daily News and Christian Science Monitor, first woman to edit an American national newspaper.[119]
  • Virginia Graham (1910–1993) – English humourist
  • John Hughes (editor) – American journalist, former editor of The Christian Science Monitor and The Deseret News[120]
  • Edward J. Meeman – American journalist[121]
  • Cora Rigby – first woman at a major paper to head a Washington news bureau, co-founder of the Women's National Press Club.[122]
  • Marjorie Shuler – suffragist, author, adventurer, publicist, journalist, longtime writer for the Christian Science Monitor. Daughter of famous suffragist Nettie Rogers Shuler.

Exploration, invention, and science[]

Other[]

  • Septimus J. Hanna – Judge and Civil War veteran, later Christian Science practitioner and teacher
  • Irving C. Tomlinson – Universalist minister who converted to Christian Science

Notable people raised in Christian Science[]

See also[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ In Sykes's Nancy the life of Lady Astor (1984), and her own letters, Nancy Astor’s Canadian Correspondence, 1912–1962, it is mentioned how much she promoted the religion; the effect it had on her election campaigns and her political views is mentioned in Karen J Musolf's From Plymouth to Parliament (1999)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Recorded a video for the Mother Church's online-only Annual Meeting in 2020 about how Christian Science supported her in her work.[4]
  3. ^ Described as "a Christian Scientist who neither smokes nor drinks"[14]
  4. ^ Milwaukee Sentinel mentioned how Wisconsin's Christian Scientists "finally got their prayers answered" by his election[17]
  5. ^ The 7th Earl and Countess of Dunmore were both early teachers of Christian Science, as were two of their daughters. Their son Alexander Murray, also known as Lord Fincastle or the 8th Earl of Dunmore, was actively involved in the church.[19]
  6. ^ mentioned in a Salon article
  7. ^ an early, possibly the earliest, example of a Christian Scientist in the US Senate[1][26]
  8. ^ Was a reader in the Christian Science Church in the early 1970s[27]
  9. ^ put on trial for practicing Christian Science healing without a medical license[29][30]
  10. ^ Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is said to have been very important to him and his art[31]
  11. ^ taught at the Christian Science Sunday School in Sloane Square, London, UK, for a number of years (the church there is now called Cadogan Hall)
  12. ^ wrote hymns for the faith and later became a Christian Science practitioner[46][47]
  13. ^ did see a Dr. Bill Cayhand in cases of more severe medical problems[53]
  14. ^ converted from Catholicism[55][56]
  15. ^ there is some evidence that she saw it solely as a philosophy later in her life, not as a religion[57][58]
  16. ^ discussed in pages 368–74 of her unfinished autobiography[59]
  17. ^ raised Christian Scientist, identifies as such, but non-practicing[60][61]
  18. ^ Raised in the faith, still considers himself a Christian Scientist even though he doesn’t subscribe to all of their beliefs.[66][67][68]
  19. ^ Although he doesn't study and rarely goes to church, said in interviews it "stays with me" and is "part of my thought process."[80][81]
  20. ^ read scripture to a congregation in New Mexico[86][87]
  21. ^ in 1934, she published Why Not Try God?, a booklet touting Christian Science
  22. ^ joined it as well as various other faiths[98][99]
  23. ^ converted to the faith and mentioned it often[100]
  24. ^ also believed in reincarnation; there are disputed claims she embraced some Taoist principles[105][106]
  25. ^ founded a film and broadcast division for the Christian Science church,[109] though he later was critical of the church as an organization[110]
  26. ^ Interviewed in the Christian Science Sentinel shortly after being hired by M.I.T.[116]
  27. ^ Also served as President of the Mother Church
  28. ^ wrote the article "A Christian Scientist's Approach to the Study of Natural Science"[123][124]
  29. ^ mother and wife were Christian Scientists as well, he attended the church, but did not talk publicly about his faith.[135]
  30. ^ Raised in the church by Jewish converts to it, no longer practicing.[138]
  31. ^ mentioned in Mommie Dearest
  32. ^ was not vaccinated as a child and says she felt "left out"[140]
  33. ^ his parents were Jewish converts to Christian Science, it’s unclear if he remained in the religion[141]
  34. ^ had Christian Scientist parents; became a member of the Dominican Order for 18 years[142]
  35. ^ abandoned the faith in favor of agnosticism and then Neopaganism[143]
  36. ^ Considers himself an atheist now, but says there are "good things" he took away from the religion.[144]
  37. ^ his parents were members of the Christian Science Church; this is mentioned in his autobiographical novel The Bertinis
  38. ^ used his Christian Science upbringing for humor[146][147]
  39. ^ his mother was a practicing Christian Scientist[citation needed]
  40. ^ in his 20s he was a Sunday School teacher in the faith, but 15 years before he died he wrote to a Christian Science church to inform them he was no longer a practicing member[149][150]
  41. ^ her mother was a devout Christian Scientist, but she chose not be attached to any particular religion[151]
  42. ^ his "The God That Failed" is one of many songs that are a response to it[152]
  43. ^ raised Christian Scientist, he later became a Presbyterian[153]
  44. ^ raised a Christian Scientist and was an organist in the Church before ultimately leaving the faith[155]
  45. ^ his parents were active Christian Scientists who helped translate Science and Health into German, because of family tradition, Moltke decided to become confirmed in the Evangelical Church of Prussia when he was 14, but may have continued studying Christian Science[156]
  46. ^ Ana Lower, who she lived with for some time, introduced her to the religion[157]
  47. ^ his father was a Christian Scientist and he was raised in the faith, but later was disparaging of it[158]
  48. ^ raised in the faith, but converted to Judaism on marrying Eddie Fisher; remained Jewish until her death and joked of herself as "a nice little Jewish girl"[161]
  49. ^ his parents were of the faith, but left when he was seven due to the death of their daughter[citation needed]
  50. ^ his mother was a Christian Scientist[162]
  51. ^ his mother was a Christian Scientist[163]

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