The International Divine Science Association was a New Thought organization founded in 1892 in San Francisco, California by religious leader and author Malinda Cramer.[1] The association was "founded for the promulgation of Divine Science, the God idea of perfect unity, harmony and wholeness, associated together in a unity of spirit, for the healing of nations, and the general good of humanity."[2]
The International Divine Science Association hosted several New Thought Congresses through the 1890s. The association was a loose coalition of Divine Science leaders and centers across the United States,[3] and is credited as the first of several umbrella organizations created at the turn of the 20th century for the New Thought movement.[4]
References
edit- ^ Sharrock, Graeme (2008). Lindley, Susan Hill; Stebner, Eleanor J. (eds.). The Westminster handbook to women in American religious history. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-664-22454-7.
- ^ Dresser, Horatio Willis (1919). A history of the new thought movement. T. Y. Crowell Company. pp. 193–196.
- ^ Winterhalter, Robert (2002). Melton, J. Gordon; Baumann, Martin (eds.). Religions of the world: A comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices. Vol. 2. ABC-CLIO. p. 400. ISBN 978-1-57607-223-3.
- ^ Melton, J. Gordon (1999). Religious leaders of America: a biographical guide to founders and leaders of religious bodies, churches, and spiritual groups in North America. Gale Research. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8103-8878-9.
Further reading
edit- Satter, Beryl (1999). Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21765-2.
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