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The '''''Christian Science Sentinel''''' (originally the ''Christian Science Weekly'') is a [[magazine]] published by the [[Christian Science Publishing Society]] based in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. The magazine was launched by [[Mary Baker Eddy]] in 1898.<ref>{{cite web|title=Publications |url=https://christiansciencebattlecreek.com/publications |access-date=2017-01-09 |publisher=First Church of Christ, Scientist (Battle Creek, Michigan)}}</ref> It includes articles, editorials, and accounts of healings from a Christian Science point of view.

The ''Christian Science Sentinel Radio Edition'' was a weekly [[radio program]] broadcast around the world and released monthly on [[CD]] and [[cassette tape]]. It dealt with the same issues as the magazine, via interviews and discussions. It was replaced with ''Sentinel'' Watch, a weekly podcast airing since 2016 on the website JSH-Online.<ref>{{cite web |date=2016-08-08 |title=New audio programs coming to JSH-Online |url=https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/1ooc3yxixp8?s=copylinkew-audio-programs-coming-to-jsh-online |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Christian Science Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref>

The ''Sentinel'', along with the monthly ''[[The Christian Science Journal|Christian Science Journal]]'', is a primary source for information about the church and its members.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Matlins |first1=Stuart M. |last2=Magida |first2=Arthur J. |title=How to be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook |date=2006 |publisher=SkyLight Paths Pub. |isbn=978-1-59473-140-2 |page=74 |edition=4th |url=https://archive.org/details/howtobeperfectst00stua_0/page/74/mode/2up}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=DesAutels |first1=Peggy |last2=Battin |first2=M. Pabst |last3=May |first3=Larry |title=Praying for a Cure: When Medical and Religious Practices Conflict |date=1999 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8476-9262-0 |page=15 |url=https://archive.org/details/prayingforcurewh0000desa/page/14/mode/2up}}</ref> A sister publication, ''[[The Herald of Christian Science]]'', exists in a number of foreign languages.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Melton |first1=J. Gordon |title=Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America |date=1992 |publisher=Garland Pub. |isbn=978-0-8153-0502-6 |page=33 |edition=revised and updated |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopedichand0000melt/page/32/mode/2up}}</ref> Back issues of these magazines are made available at [[Christian Science Reading Room]]s and also at some university and public libraries.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peel |first1=Robert |title=Health and Medicine in the Christian Science Tradition: Principle, Practice, and Challenge |date=1988 |publisher=Crossroad |isbn=978-0-8245-0895-1 |page=100 |url=https://archive.org/details/healthmedicinein00peel/page/100/mode/2up}}</ref>