Carol Murphy, “The Image That Heals”

Carol Murphy, “The Image That Heals,” Pastoral Psychology, Feb. 1971, 37-42. From an unusual commentary by a Quaker urging more serious engagement by mainstream Christians with the “historic Christian mission” of healing: “…Healing...

Robert Peel, “The Christian Science Practitioner”

Robert Peel, “The Christian Science Practitioner,” Journal of Pastoral Counseling, IV, 1, Spring 1969, 39-42. From an article in an interfaith professional publication examining the Christian Scientists’ ministry of healing through prayer: “In...

“Christian Science and Community Medicine”

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, “Christian Science and Community Medicine,” The New England Journal of Medicine (Feb. 14, 1974), 401-402. From a 1974 column by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, reflecting the long and mutually...

Robert Peel, “Christian Science and Value Clarification”

Robert Peel, “Christian Science and Value Clarification,” Voices: Journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, 13, 3, Fall 1977, 62-65. From a commentary requested by the editors of the Journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists:...