[3] For a summary of New Thought history see: Charles S. Braden, Spirits in Rebellion: The Rise and Development of New Thought (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1963); Sherry Evans, The Roads to Truth: In Search of New Thought's Roots (West Jordan, UT: Northern
Lights Publications, 2005); the work of C. Alan Anderson and Deborah G. Whitehouse, for example, New Thought: A
Practical American Spirituality (New York: Crossroad Publishing, Co., 1995), as well as their
extensive web - based archive resource < www.websyte.com/alan >