Stuart Grayson (March 15, 1923 – July 12, 2001) was an American
New Thought
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author and
Religious Science
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minister. The pastor to
Manhattan
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's First Church of Religious Science until 1999, Grayson was also the director of the Center for Creative Living in New York City.
[Bridgers, L. (2005) ''Contemporary varieties of religious experience: James's classic study in light of resiliency, temperament, and trauma.'' Rowman & Littlefield. p 81.] He was the Pastor Emeritus there until his death. Grayson appeared on a weekly television series airing in
New York City
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called ''Creative Living''. In 2005, he was referred to as "one of the foremost" Religious Science ministers.
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Biography
Grayson spoke every Sunday at Alice Tully Hall
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in New York’s Lincoln Center
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for over thirty years.
Grayson's final bestseller ''Spiritual Healing: A Simple Guide for the Healing of Body, Mind, and Spirit'' had a great impact on New Thought. It was featured in the ''New York Post
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It was established ...
'' as part of their "Post Book Bonus" in a series that ran consecutively for a week from December 29, 1997 to January 1, 1998. Each day focused on different aspects of healing and wellness as recommended in the book,[''New York Post.'' December 29, 1997; December 30, 1997; December 31, 1997; January 1, 1998.] and focused on the Science of Mind
The Religious Science movement, or Science of Mind, was established in 1927 by Ernest Holmes (1887–1960) and is a spiritual, philosophical and metaphysical religious movement within the New Thought movement. In general, the term "Scie ...
practice of Spiritual Mind Treatment.[
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Bibliography
* (1986) ''The Ten Demandments of Prosperity''. Dodd Mead.
* (1995) ''Collected Essays of Stuart Grayson''. DeVorss & Company.
* (1997) ''Spiritual Healing: A Simple Guide for the Healing of Body, Mind, and Spirit''. Simon & Schuster.
References
External links
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Grayson, Stuart; bibliography by subject
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2001 deaths
New Thought writers
Religious Science clergy
1923 births
American spiritual writers