Christian Science
noun
: a religion founded by Mary Baker Eddy that was organized under the official name of the Church of Christ, Scientist in 1879, that derives its teachings from the Scriptures as understood by its adherents, and that includes a practice of spiritual healing
Christian Scientist
noun
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The old 1925 building at Fifth and Lamar is still standing, only with a different entrance and an annex on the north side where there used to be a Christian Science church.
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Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Nov. 2025
Rohde was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1996 for his Christian Science Monitor series on the mass execution of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica during the war in Bosnia.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Rohde won a Pulitzer in 1996 for his reporting at The Christian Science Monitor that helped uncover the Srebrenica massacre during the war in Bosnia, and in 2009, shared a Pulitzer while reporting for The New York Times on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Mae was a hoarder and a severe hypochondriac, who, despite Christian Science’s stricture against traditional medicine, took barbiturates daily for anxiety.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Nov. 2025
Rohde was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1996 for his Christian Science Monitor series on the mass execution of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica during the war in Bosnia.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Rohde won a Pulitzer in 1996 for his reporting at The Christian Science Monitor that helped uncover the Srebrenica massacre during the war in Bosnia, and in 2009, shared a Pulitzer while reporting for The New York Times on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Mae was a hoarder and a severe hypochondriac, who, despite Christian Science’s stricture against traditional medicine, took barbiturates daily for anxiety.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Christian Science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Christian%20Science. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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