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Christian Science Reading Room
A Christian Science Reading Room is a place operated as a public service by a Christian Science church in the community where that church exists. These "branches" of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts maintain these rooms as a place where one may study and contemplate the Bible and Christian Science literature in a quiet atmosphere, similar to a library. Literature and other items related to the study of Christian Science may be borrowed or purchased. There are approximately 2,000 Christian Science Reading Rooms worldwide.
== Background and purpose ==
Reading Rooms were established in 1899 by a by-law in the ''Manual of The Mother Church'', the book which governs the Christian Science church. They were created to provide both a quiet place for reading, study and prayer and a means for the public to come into contact with Christian Science. This dual purpose of providing a quiet sanctuary in the middle of bustling cities and towns, and ready access to Christian Science was designed to meet the needs of the entire community, not just those already studying the religion. Eleven years before the ''Manual'' by-law, there was an earlier concept of reading room and a dispensary of literature and services for those unable to afford to pay for Christian Science treatment or transportation to a Christian Science church. In Boston, these efforts were halted in 1894 to concentrate on building the original Mother Church.〔Stephen Gottschalk, ''Rolling Away The Stone'' (2006), pp. 230-232〕
Both library and bookstore, it is a "harbor of rest" for quiet meditation and prayer,〔 where one may study or purchase the Bible and the church's denominational textbook, ''Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures'' written by Mary Baker Eddy, who is known as the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. Also available are the denomination's other main books, the King James Version of the Bible and ''Prose Works'', a volume of collected works also written by Eddy.〔''Prose Works'' is only published in English. In other languages, the individual books comprising ''Prose Works'' are published individually. The translated writings of Mary Baker Eddy are double in volume because they are published as bilingual books with the original English on the left, the translation on the right.〕 Also available are the denomination’s religious periodicals: a monthly publication, ''The Christian Science Journal''; the weekly ''Christian Science Sentinel''; ''The Herald of Christian Science'', published for speakers of languages other than English; and the ''Christian Science Quarterly'', used worldwide to study the religion's Bible "lesson-sermons". In addition, there are various religious pamphlets and audio recordings, as well as ''The Christian Science Monitor'', an international newspaper. Reading rooms in countries that speak other languages often have a limited stock of English-language reading material; those in large cities in anglophone countries usually stock books and periodicals in one or more foreign languages.
Reading rooms are often storefronts in a busy part of a city, though some are situated within the local church's building.〔DeWitt John, ''The Christian Science Way of Life''. Christian Science Publishing Society (1962), p. 57〕 Hours of business vary from reading room to reading room; some are open during regular retail business hours, others less frequently. The person working there is called a "librarian", indicative of the atmosphere to be found. Reading rooms are staffed by members of the local Christian Science church.
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