Editing Christian Science (section)

=== Notable members ===
{{Main|List of Christian Scientists (religious denomination)}}
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Notable adherents of Christian Science have included [[Director of Central Intelligence|Directors of Central Intelligence]] [[William H. Webster]] and Admiral [[Stansfield M. Turner]]; and Richard Nixon's chief of staff [[H. R. Haldeman]] and Chief Domestic Advisor [[John Ehrlichman]].<ref>{{harvnb|Margolick|1990|p=2}}; {{harvnb|Fuller|2011|p=48}}; [https://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/xsci/suffer.htm Fraser (''Atlantic'') 1995] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103233911/http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/xsci/suffer.htm |date=2010-01-03 }}.</ref> The viscounts [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor|Waldorf]] and [[Nancy Astor]], the latter of whom was the first female member of British Parliament, were both Christian Scientists;<ref>{{harvnb|Fraser|1999|p=186}}; {{harvnb|Fort|2013}}</ref> as were two other early women in Parliament, [[Thelma Cazalet-Keir]] and [[Margaret Wintringham]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Women of History: Thelma Cazalet-Keir |url=https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/women-of-history-thelma-cazalet-keir/ |website=Mary Baker Eddy Library |date=22 October 2015}}</ref> Thelma's brother [[Victor Cazalet]] was also a member of the church.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fort |first1=Adrian |title=Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor |date=2013 |publisher=Vintage |isbn=978-1-84595-161-0 |page=249}}</ref> Another was naval officer [[Charles Lightoller]], who survived the [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|sinking of the ''Titanic'']] in 1912.<ref>{{harvnb|Fraser|1999|p=427}}; Charles Lightoller, [http://journal.christianscience.com/shared/view/1e9xc1so38m "It is difficult to tell of the experience&nbsp;..."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204205012/http://journal.christianscience.com/shared/view/1e9xc1so38m |date=2014-12-04 }}, ''Christian Science Journal'', October 1912.</ref> Other adherents in the United States government also include Senator [[Jocelyn Burdick]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stotts |first1=Ryan |title=Jocelyn Burdick, North Dakota's first female US Senator, dies at 97 |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/jocelyn-burdick-north-dakotas-first-female-us-senator-dies-at-97 |work=Grand Forks Herald |date=27 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Governor [[Scott McCallum]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Wisconsin Elects Christian Scientist as Governor |url=https://pluralism.org/news/wisconsin-elects-christian-scientist-governor |website=Pluralism Project |publisher=Harvard University |date=9 February 2001 |language=en}}</ref> and Treasury Secretary [[Henry Paulson]].<ref>{{harvnb|Fraser|1999|p=241}}; {{harvnb|Fuller|2011|p=48}}</ref> A number of suffragists were Christian Scientists including [[Vida Goldstein]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brownfoot |first1=Janice N. |title=Vida Jane Goldstein (1869–1949) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/goldstein-vida-jane-6418 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> [[Muriel Matters]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Wright |first=Clare |year=2018 |title=You Daughters of Freedom |publisher=Text Publishing |page=479}}</ref> and [[Nettie Rogers Shuler]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=James |first1=Edward T. |last2=James |first2=Janet Wilson |last3=Boyer |first3=Paul S. |title=Notable American women, 1607-1950; a biographical dictionary |date=1971 |publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |location=Cambridge, Mass. |isbn=978-0-674-62731-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00jame/page/286/mode/2up |page=287 |volume=3}}</ref> Businesswomen [[Martha Matilda Harper]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Women of History: Martha Matilda Harper |url=https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/women-of-history-martha-matilda-harper/ |website=Mary Baker Eddy Library |date=1 June 2020}}</ref> and [[Bette Nesmith Graham]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Women of History: Bette Graham |url=https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/women-of-history-bette-graham/ |website=Mary Baker Eddy Library |date=27 February 2023}}</ref> were both Christian Scientists. As was the founder of the Braille Institute of America, [[J. Robert Atkinson]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Webb |first1=Anne Holliday |title=J. Robert Atkinson: Benefactor of the Blind |url=https://www.longyear.org/learn/research-archive/j-robert-atkinson-benefactor-of-the-blind/ |work=Longyear Museum |date=1 December 1972}}</ref>

In sports, [[Harry Porter]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eder |first1=Jonathon |title=Manhood and Mary Baker Eddy: Muscular Christianity and Christian Science |journal=Church History |date=December 2020 |volume=89 |issue=4 |pages=875–896 |doi=10.1017/S0009640720001390}}</ref> [[Harold Bradley Jr.]],<ref>Tony Lobl (February 2022). [https://journal.christianscience.com/shared/view/2pzdhs2ue2c "A spiritually guided Renaissance man"]. ''[[The Christian Science Journal]]''. vol. 140(2).</ref> and [[George Sisler]]<ref>{{harvnb|Fuller|2011|p=48}}</ref> were all adherents. <!--PLEASE ADD FURTHER NAMES, WITH SOURCES, TO List of Christian Scientists (religious denomination), NOT HERE. MANY THANKS.-->Christian Scientists within the film industry, include [[Carol Channing]] and [[Jean Stapleton]];<ref>{{harvnb|Margolick|1990|p=2}}</ref> [[Colleen Dewhurst]];<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last= Shout |first= John D. |editor-last= Ware |editor-first= Susan |date= 2004 |title= Colleen Dewhurst |encyclopedia= Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary: Completing the Twentieth Century |location= Cambridge, Mass. |publisher= Belknap Press |pages=174–175}}</ref> [[Joan Crawford]], [[Doris Day]], [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]], [[Mary Pickford]], [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Mickey Rooney]];<ref>{{harvnb|Gardner|1999}}</ref> [[Horton Foote]];<ref name="Fraser 1999 215">{{harvnb|Fraser|1999|p=215}}</ref> [[King Vidor]];<ref>{{cite book |last= Rambova |first= Natacha |date= 2009 |title= Rudolph Valentino: A Wife's Memories of an Icon |publisher= PVG Publishing |page= 149}}</ref> [[Robert Duvall]], and [[Val Kilmer]].<ref>{{harvnb|Gardner|1999}}; {{harvnb|Fraser|1999|p=215}}; {{harvnb|Fuller|2011|p=48}}</ref> Those raised by Christian Scientists include jurist [[Helmuth James Graf von Moltke]],<ref>{{cite book |last= Biesinger |first= Joseph |date= 2006 |title= Germany: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present |publisher= Infobase Publishing |page= 576}}</ref> military analyst [[Daniel Ellsberg]];<ref>{{cite book |last= Wells |first= Tom |date= 2001 |title= Wild Man: The Life and Times of Daniel Ellsberg |publisher= Palgrave Macmillan |page= 49}}</ref> [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Henry Fonda]], [[Audrey Hepburn]];<ref>{{harvnb|Fuller|2011|p=48}}</ref> [[James Hetfield]], [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]],<ref name="Fraser 1999 215"/> and [[Anne Archer]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Wright |first= Lawrence |date= 2013 |title= Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood & the Prison of Belief |location= New York |publisher= Alfred A. Knopf |page= 335 |author-link= Lawrence Wright}}</ref><!--PLEASE ADD FURTHER NAMES, WITH SOURCES, TO List of Christian Scientists (religious denomination), NOT HERE. MANY THANKS.--> Four prominent African American entertainers who have been associated with Christian Science are [[Pearl Bailey]], [[Lionel Hampton]], [[Everett Lee]], and [[Alfre Woodard]].<ref>{{harvnb|Fuller|2011|p=48}}; {{cite news |title=Jazz Great Lionel Hampton Christian Science|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jazz-great-lionel-hampton-dead-at-94/|publisher=CBS News|date=31 August 2002}}; {{cite news |title=Christian Science and Race in America|url=https://uncpressblog.com/2021/03/11/marietta-webb-christian-science-and-race-in-america/|publisher=UNC Press|date=11 March 2021}}</ref>