The International Divine Science Association was founded in 1892 in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

by religious leader and author

Malinda Cramer Malinda Elliott Cramer (February 12, 1844 – August 2, 1906) was a founder of the Church of Divine Science, a healer, and an important figure in the early New Thought movement. Biography Cramer was born in Greensboro, Indiana, the daug ...

. The association was "founded for the promulgation of

Divine Science The Church of Divine Science is a religious movement within the wider New Thought movement. The group was formalized in San Francisco in the 1880s under Malinda Cramer. "In March 1888 Cramer and her husband Frank chartered the 'Home College of S ...

, the God idea of perfect unity, harmony and wholeness, associated together in a unity of spirit, for the healing of nations, and the general good of humanity." The International Divine Science Association hosted several

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Congresses through the 1890s. The association was a loose coalition of Divine Science leaders and centers across the United States, and is credited as the first of several umbrella organizations created at the turn of the 20th century for the New Thought movement.Melton, J.R. (1999) ''Religious leaders of America: A biographical guide to founders and leaders of religious bodies, churches, and spiritual groups in North America''. Gale Research. p 138.

Bibliography

* Satter, B. (2001) ''Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement'', 1875–1920. University of California Press. p 106–110.

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