Religious Science Groups Unite


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n an era when religious denominations are splitting into smaller and smaller sects, one just reunited after being split since 1954. Philosopher Ernest Holmes founded Science of Mind, also known as Religious Science, in the 1920s. The group functioned as two competing organizations for more than 50 years until recently, when they merged. Religious Science International and United Church of Religious Science have now become the Centers for Spiritual Living.


“We are a philosophy that teaches unity, so it is time for us to walk our talk,” said Rev. Dr. Kathy Hearn, community spiritual leader for the newly merged group. Science of Mind is part of the New Thought Movement, started in the mid 1800s by transcendentalists such as Ralph


Waldo Emerson and continued into the 20th century with the teaching of Emmett Fox, Napoleon Hill, Emma Curtis Hopkins and Holmes. During Holmes’ life and ministry in Los Angeles, celebrities such as Cary Grant, Peggy Lee and Doris Day followed his teaching. More recently, Science of Mind has influenced Wayne Dyer, Jack Canfield, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Beckwith and Marianne Williamson. The cornerstone of New Thought is a teaching of unity, yet despite this the two factions split in the 1950s over organizational differences. The integrated movement has over 400 spiritual centers in 29 countries and publishes two monthly magazines with a combined readership of 100,000.


Locally, the group is represented by the Center for Spiritual Living Tucson (TucsonCSL.org), see ad on page 29; and the Center for Spiritual Living Southern Arizona (TucsonReligiousScience.org), see ad on page 5.


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