Buchman
and Moral Re-Armament
by Marc A Rose
A sweeping religious revival -
fanned by expert
showmanship
October 1939 Readers Digest
reprinted from
The Christian Herald Article
Excellent article on Frank Buchman's Oxford group as
it is about 20 years old at that time in 1939. This article talks of
them meeting at the Hollywood Bowl with 30,000 spectators.
Tonight, said the boss of this imposing show, you
witness the preview of a new world order.
Most you know that the Oxford Group Meetings are
where Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob Smith, Ebby Thatcher and most of the early
AA folks attended before
they broke away and started Alcoholics Anonymous (also this is the
same year the Big Book came out and the same year the remaining AA
members broke away from the Oxford Groups). This article also mentions
a little known magazine put out by the Oxford Group called
Rising Tide that was about the size of a LIFE Magazine.
They only had one issue published as far as I know and those are very
very rare and much harder to find than a First Edition Big Book.
Oxford
Group 1939 - Alcoholics Anon. related
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