Wikipedia's article on Christian Science, community edited. Used for the 1936 US Census of Religious Bodies count, for sociologist Rodney Stark's 1990 and 2009 membership estimates drawn from his 1998 peer reviewed study, and for the contrast the article draws between the church's own persistent worldwide claim and independent studies' much lower United States count; not used for any claim needing a peer reviewed source directly.
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Reliability tier 3: a community edited reference article. Used here for its 1936 US Census of Religious Bodies figure and for sociologist Rodney Stark's 1990 and 2009 estimates from his 1998 peer reviewed study "The Rise and Fall of Christian Science," Journal of Contemporary Religion. Stark's original article sits behind a journal paywall and the 1936 census itself is an archived data file rather than free readable text, so neither underlying source could be read directly. Citation
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science
Source Typereference
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This source names Christian Science directly: "Wikipedia's article on Christian Science, community edited."
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Denominations, 11 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
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