Christian Science on trial : religious healing in America / Rennie B. Schoepflin.

Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-292) and index.

The world of Christian Science healers. Mary Baker Eddy: patient, healer, teacher -- Becoming a practitioner and teacher -- "Occasions for hope": patients and practitioners -- Separating "true" Scientists from "pseudo" Scientists -- Christian Science healers and the world. Physicians debate Christian Science -- Therapeutic choice or religious liberty? -- Public health and the protection of children -- Century of promise, then peril.