Frank Buchman, in an interview to the New York World-Telegram, 25 August 1936
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I thank heaven for a man like Adolf Hitler, who built a front line of defense against the anti-Christ of Communism.
— Frank Buchman on Adolf Hitler
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About Frank Buchman
Franklin Nathaniel Daniel Buchman (4 June 1878–7 August 1961), initially a Lutheran pastor, founded in 1921 a ecumenical movement known as the "Oxford Group", which opened to all religions from 1938 onwards under the name of Moral Rearmament under the banner of anti-communism. Because of his important contribution to the Franco-German reconciliation, he was decorated by both countries.Edward Luttwak, "Franco-German Reconciliation: The Overlooked Role of the Moral Re-Armament Movement", in Religion, the Missing Dimension of Statecraft, publisher Douglas Johnston & Cynthia Sampson, OUP 1994, page 52 He was also decorated by the Emperor of Japan Hirohito for his contribution to the regeneration and reintroduction of Japan in the concert of nations after WW II.Philip Boobbyer, The Spiritual Vision of Frank Buchman, Penn State Press, 2013, 232 pages, p. 9
About Frank Buchman
Franklin Nathaniel Daniel Buchman (4 June 1878–7 August 1961), initially a Lutheran pastor, founded in 1921 a ecumenical movement known as the "Oxford Group", which opened to all religions from 1938 onwards under the name of Moral Rearmament under the banner of anti-communism. Because of his important contribution to the Franco-German reconciliation, he was decorated by both countries.Edward Luttwak, "Franco-German Reconciliation: The Overlooked Role of the Moral Re-Armament Movement", in Religion, the Missing Dimension of Statecraft, publisher Douglas Johnston & Cynthia Sampson, OUP 1994, page 52 He was also decorated by the Emperor of Japan Hirohito for his contribution to the regeneration and reintroduction of Japan in the concert of nations after WW II.Philip Boobbyer, The Spiritual Vision of Frank Buchman, Penn State Press, 2013, 232 pages, p. 9
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