quizlet religion in America

1. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
METAPHYSICAL RELIGIONS

2. Occults
Means “cover” or “conceal”
Religions that allow access to supernatural reality
to its members
Secretive to those outside the practice

3. Discoverer
Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910)
“fall on the ice”
mental healing
Church of Christ, Scientist - 1879
Massachusetts Metaphysical College - 1882
Boston

4. Theology
Protestant
Jesus
son of God, Master or Way-Shower
virgin birth
half divine, half human

5. Theology
God
Divine Mind
Trinity
Life, Truth, and Love
“triune Principle of God.”

6. Sin
Error
problem with matter
error of mind when you think that matter is reality
illusion of reality
ignorance

7. Texts
Bible
Allegorical reading of the text
Symbolic
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Written by Mary Baker Eddy

8. Science and Religion
Rejection of medical care
medicine continues the error that reality is matter
rather than spirit
Healing through “Science”
Scientific prayer
Healing through universal law

9. Cultural Impact
Female leadership!
2,000 congregations in 2003
1,000 congregations more recently

10. Cultural Impact
Female leadership!
2,000 congregations in 2003
1,000 congregations more recently