Scientist. In 1875 she published SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, which has remained the central text, along with the Bible, of the Christian Science movement. According to Christian Science teaching, health and spirituality are one, and disease is an aberration that can be corrected through spiritual understanding--to which prayer is central. Though this attitude toward disease may seem at odds with current science, nevertheless it is a coherent system that has attracted millions, and SCIENCE AND HEALING includes many ...