The Christian Science Journal is an official monthly publication of the Church of Christ, Scientist through the Christian Science Publishing Society, founded in 1883 by Mary Baker Eddy. The first edition appeared on April 14, 1883, bearing the subtitle, "An Independent Family Paper to Promote Health and Morals". At that time, Eddy was the editor and main contributor to the Journal. The magazine is based in Boston.
The Journal is designed to demonstrate the practical applications of Christian Science healing practice. Instructive articles and verified reports of Christian healing give the reader a working understanding of the Principle and practice of Christian Science. Each issue also contains editorials, interviews, church news, poems, as well as a worldwide directory of Christian Science practitioners, teachers, churches, Reading Rooms, organizations at universities and colleges, and more.
Notable editors and contributors
Editors
Septimus J. Hanna
Emma Curtis Hopkins
Annie M. Knott
William D. McCrackan
Contributors
Neil Kensington Adam
Alice Stone Blackwell
Charles Lightoller
References
External links
Official web site of The Christian Science Journal
Online directory of practitioners, churches, etc. (also printed at the back of each issue of the Journal) The Christian Science Journal archive at Hathitrust