Christian Science Author ~ John L Sinton ~ Biography and Publication Index

JOHN L. SINTON first became interested in Christian Science when his invalid mother had a remarkable healing. In 1926 he was a founding member of Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, in Manchester, England, and in 1928 he attended John Doorly's Primary Class. In 1932, in the middle of the Great Depression, he gave up a promising career with the Ford Motor Company to become a full-time practitioner. After taking Normal Class from Bicknell Young in 1937, he taught primary classes in Manchester for nine years. A campaign of secret accusation and innuendo over alleged 'incorrect' teaching finally led to his resigning from the Mother Church in  1946.

His healing work in Christian Science Practice continued to flourish worldwide outside the Church organization, and from 1948 to 1953 he gave weekly talks in London. In 1950, '51, '52 he held summer schools in Harrogate, England. In 1951 he was invited to hold summer schools at Princeton University in New Jersey, USA and in Los Angeles.

Feeling that, as a logical outcome of Mrs. Eddy's instructions in the Manual, the days of personal teaching were numbered, he spent much of his time during his later years, apart from the practice, in writing a four-volume commentary -- A Scientific Analysis of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. This is listed first in the library list below of his many valuable resources. This masterpiece is one of the most important reference works on this entire website, and it focuses on the Christian Science Textbook of 1910, the last edition authorized by Mary Baker Eddy. Show all