Moral Rearmament

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Most solutions to the problem of the B-school shy away from radical restructuring, and instead tend to suggest a return to supposedly more traditional business practices, or a form of moral rearmament decorated with terms such as “responsibility” and “ethics”.

From The Guardian

His conversion began toward the end of the war, he says, when he encountered members of an international group called Moral Rearmament that preached peace through personal change.

From New York Times

If he were trying to talk about moral rearmament, it would be appropriate to say, ‘Hold it.’

From New York Times

They accused the doctors of having fallen into the clutches of Moral ReArmament, argued that morals are not the province of physicians or priests but of psychiatrists.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, Moral ReArmament may have been an indirect influence behind the morality petition; two doctors in a Stockholm clinic who helped initiate it are supporters of the movement.

From Time Magazine Archive