Skip to content
Csbibliography

Annotated Bibliography of Christian Science

Academic and Other Literature

  • Home
  • About
    • About the ABCS Project
    • Support Opportunities (Donate)
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Annotations
    • Search Information
    • Category Search
    • Keyword Search
    • Advanced Search
    • Standard Search
    • Authors/Editor List
    • Title List
    • Recently Added
    • Search Support
  • Resources
    • The Book
    • Online Resources
    • ABCS Blog
    • Suggest Resources
  • Contact
Annotation Resource

Five Years in Christian Science

Five Years in Christian Science

Walter, William W. Five Years in Christian Science. Aurora, IL: Self, 1910.

This book is Walter’s autobiographical account of the first five years after his dramatic healing through Christian Science prayerful treatment and his subsequent successful healing practice based on his reading of Mary Baker Eddy’s textbook Science and Health. He describes in detail several of the significant cases he handled with Christian Science treatment, and in some cases some important lessons for improving his healing ability. In one, he learned to abide more strictly to Eddy’s teachings in her textbook. Many of his cases had already been diagnosed as incurable, but he insisted on radical reliance on spiritual means alone without medical interference. Shortly after he added his name to the officially recognized practitioners in the Christian Science Journal, he withdrew his name after learning that publishing his own books would disqualify him. Although this book ends after these first five years committed to the Church and its practices, Walter left the church soon afterward due to his disagreement with its organization and his conviction that this healing method should be treated more like a Science than a religious practice. As an independent Christian Scientist, he began teaching his own healing method and ultimately founded his “Walter Method of Eschatology,” still in operation today.

 

Walter, William W.

Related Annotations:

Annotations related by category:
  • Availability: Library or Purchase
  • Official Christian Science Publication: No
  • Publication Date: 1910 and Earlier
  • Resource Types: Book
  • Subjects: Biographies and Chronologies
  • Subjects: Healing and Health
  • Subjects: Independent Christian Scientists
  • Subjects: Science and Health Book
Annotations related by keyword:
  • Christian Science Treatment
  • New Since the Book
  • Practitioner
  • Radical Reliance
More by authors or editor(s):
  • Walter, William W.

Comment on this resource: Cancel

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Search Home

Search application instructions and overview.

Search Support

Questions? We've got answers.

Category Search

Select subject, person, organization and/or controversy to provide a subset of annotation results. The results page includes the ability to further limit your search.

Keyword Search

Select one or more specific keywords to provide a subset of annotation results. The results page includes the ability to further limit your search.

Advanced Search

Select from all search options to obtain very specific results.

Standard Search

Might yield a mix of relevant and irrelevant results, but could be very helpful if you are looking for a specific term not included in any of the other types of searches.

Annotations by Author
Annotations by Title
Most Recent

View the 30 most recently added annotations.

New Since the Book

View new annotations available here that were not included in the book.

Suggest a Resource
Donate via PayPal

Scholarly Works on Christian Science is the nonprofit corporation that produces the ABCS website. We rely on donations to keep the bibliography updated and available to the public. If you find this site useful we hope you'll consider donating to support the work. Donate via PayPal by clicking the button above or send a check to:

Scholarly Works on Christian Science
420 Conway Meadows Drive
St. Louis, MO 63017

© 2022 and later by Scholarly Works on Christian Science, all rights reserved.

Privacy Policy is here. Cookie Policy is here. Comment Policy is here.

This material was printed from the Annotated Bibliography of Christian Science website produced and maintained by Scholarly Works on Christian Science (https://csbibliography.org). All rights reserved.