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The Church of Christ, Scientist, began in 1879 in the USA. Its founder, Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910), who suffered a great deal of ill health, experienced personal healing after reading of the healing power of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. In 1875 she published Science and Health, later revised as Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (both available at Christian Science reading rooms). This book and the Bible form the foundation texts of the faith, which has now spread to some 60 countries. There are about 220 congregations in the UK.
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Green, J. (1993). Christian Science. In: Trevelyan, J. (eds) Death with Dignity. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13197-6_3
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