The Mystery Of Moral Re-Armament: A Study Of Frank Buchman And His Movement
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Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At the crossroads of faith, politics, and power, Tom Driberg's The Mystery of Moral Re-Armament presents a penetrating and often unsettling examination of one of the twentieth century's most controversial spiritual movements. The book chronicles the rise of Moral Re-Armament (MRA) — the global evangelical crusade founded by the enigmatic American evangelist Frank Buchman — and dissects with forensic precision how a message of personal spiritual renewal became a vehicle for ideological influence at the highest levels of international politics. Driberg, himself a seasoned journalist and Labour MP, brings an insider's shrewdness to bear on the organisation's methods, its secretive culture, and its remarkable reach into the corridors of Western power during the Cold War era. Written with the sharp, sardonic wit of a veteran political observer, the work argues that beneath MRA's veneer of wholesome moral uplift lay a deeply conservative and at times authoritarian worldview, one that attracted both fervent devotees and fierce critics in equal measure. Driberg's style is incisive and unsparing — he neither dismisses Buchman's followers as simple dupes nor absolves the movement's leadership of its more troubling ambitions. Published by the distinguished London house Secker & Warburg, this study remains an indispensable document for anyone seeking to understand the intersection of religion, propaganda, and Cold War politics — and leaves the reader asking just how much of the mystery Driberg himself chose to leave unsolved.
Author: Tom Driberg
Format: Hardback
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At the crossroads of faith, politics, and power, Tom Driberg's The Mystery of Moral Re-Armament presents a penetrating and often unsettling examination of one of the twentieth century's most controversial spiritual movements. The book chronicles the rise of Moral Re-Armament (MRA) — the global evangelical crusade founded by the enigmatic American evangelist Frank Buchman — and dissects with forensic precision how a message of personal spiritual renewal became a vehicle for ideological influence at the highest levels of international politics. Driberg, himself a seasoned journalist and Labour MP, brings an insider's shrewdness to bear on the organisation's methods, its secretive culture, and its remarkable reach into the corridors of Western power during the Cold War era. Written with the sharp, sardonic wit of a veteran political observer, the work argues that beneath MRA's veneer of wholesome moral uplift lay a deeply conservative and at times authoritarian worldview, one that attracted both fervent devotees and fierce critics in equal measure. Driberg's style is incisive and unsparing — he neither dismisses Buchman's followers as simple dupes nor absolves the movement's leadership of its more troubling ambitions. Published by the distinguished London house Secker & Warburg, this study remains an indispensable document for anyone seeking to understand the intersection of religion, propaganda, and Cold War politics — and leaves the reader asking just how much of the mystery Driberg himself chose to leave unsolved.