Moral Rearmament

British

noun

Former name: Oxford Group. Also called: Buchmanism. a worldwide movement for moral and spiritual renewal founded by Frank Buchman in 1938

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In the closing days of a Moral Rearmament Movement assembly in New Delhi, Frank Buchman, founder and leader of the organization, was honored for his "services to the cause of world morality and peace."

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"Moral Rearmament" became the 1938 slogan of Dr. Frank Buchman's Oxford Groups, who worked betimes for a religious revival, and betimes announced that it had already happened.

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I think Moral Rearmament is a great, tremendous influence for good, and it ought to be encouraged.

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The movement mixes the evangelism of Moral Rearmament with the get-out-the-vote discipline of the Communist Party and lots of show biz.

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Oxford Group's founder and leader speaks by short wave from London on "Moral Rearmament."

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