Religious Science

Science of Mind
Religious Science teaching symbol
Type	Christian-inspired New Religious Movement
Classification	Religious Science
Orientation	New Thought
Scripture	Bible The Science of Mind
Associations	Religious Science International, United Centers for Spiritual Living, Affiliated New Thought Network, International New Thought Alliance
Founder	Ernest Holmes
Origin	1927 Los Angeles, California
Congregations	400
Official website	Centers for Spiritual Living

The Religious Science movement, or Science of Mind, was established in 1926 by Ernest Holmes and is a spiritual, philosophical and metaphysical religious movement within the New Thought movement. In general, the term "Science of Mind" applies to the teachings, while the term "Religious Science" applies to the organizations. However, adherents often use the terms interchangeably.

The movement was established with the 1926 publication of The Science of Mind, in which Holmes stated "Religious Science is a correlation of laws of science, opinions of philosophy, and revelations of religion applied to human needs and the aspirations of man." He also stated that Religious Science/Science of Mind (RS/SOM) is not based on any "authority" of established beliefs, but rather on "what it can accomplish" for the people who practice it.^[1] Today the International Centers for Spiritual Living, the United Centers for Spiritual Living (which combined into the Centers for Spiritual Living in 2011) and Global Religious Science Ministries are the main denominations promoting Religious Science.