TY - BOOK AU - Linda S.Kramer TI - The Religion That Kills SN - 9781563841712 AV - BX6955 U1 - 289.5 PY - 1999/// PB - Bookworld Services KW - Religion-Spirituality N2 - The Religion that Kills is a tool for understanding and recovering from the damaging effects of Christian Science. The book examines Christian Science in light of Robert J. Lifton s classic criteria for thought reform and shows how this religion traps its followers in thinking patterns that can harm them emotionally, physically, and spiritually. It also examines Mary Baker Eddy's charismatic personality, leadership style, claim to divine authority, and misuse of biblical terms. The Religion that Kills is also available as a Kindle book under the title Perfect Peril: Christian Science and Mind Control ER -