Project Gutenberg 2012-06-02 Public domain in the USA. 64 Clark, Gordon 02000750 The Church of St. Bunco A Drastic Treatment of a Copyrighted Religion-- Un-Christian Non-Science Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Church of St. Bunco" by Gordon Clark is a critical examination of the foundations and claims of Christian Science, written in the early 20th century. This book serves as a satirical treatment of the religion founded by Mary Baker Eddy, presenting it as a deceptive system that capitalizes on sincere beliefs about the power of the mind over matter. Clark's work is positioned to challenge the legitimacy of Christian Science by dissecting its historical origins and methodologies, particularly focusing on the contributions of Phineas Quimby. At the start of the text, Clark sets the stage by outlining the development of Christian Science in the context of late 19th and early 20th-century America, pointing out how it emerged amidst a backdrop of scientific thought and experimentation. He introduces the notion that while some tenets of the movement, such as mental healing, may resonate with genuine beliefs, the movement itself is fraught with false premises and a lack of empirical grounding. The opening chapters delve into the early life of Quimby, illustrating his influence on Eddy and how she appropriated his ideas to create her own religious framework—a framework that Clark argues is more focused on profit than genuine healing or spiritual truth. This critique sets the tone for a broader inquiry into the implications of faith-based healing and the ethical responsibilities of those who lead such movements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christian Science BX Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 328898 328907 2024-09-16T16:55:22.279131 2023-09-17T11:08:55.131369 text/html text/html 330462 2012-06-01T20:02:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 117311 2012-06-01T20:02:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 167103 2024-09-16T16:55:29.007090 application/epub+zip 171807 2024-09-16T16:55:23.853092 application/epub+zip 171808 2024-09-16T16:55:22.913104 application/epub+zip 326125 2024-09-16T16:55:32.625051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280877 2024-09-16T16:55:28.026074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302999 2022-09-18T09:22:37.508558 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289368 289166 2024-09-16T16:55:21.541350 2023-09-17T11:08:54.398366 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 289241 2012-06-01T20:02:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 109174 2012-06-01T20:02:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 289238 2012-06-01T20:02:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 109147 2012-06-01T20:02:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19876 2024-09-16T16:55:32.763040 application/rdf+xml 12665 2024-09-16T16:55:23.282230 image/jpeg 3690 2024-09-16T16:55:23.096106 image/jpeg 162554 2024-09-16T16:55:22.307093 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog