MORAL REARMAMENT
ENIGMA -A STUDY IN MORAL REARMAMENT, by Sir Arnold Lunn; Longwore’ Green and Co. Litd., English price SIR ARNOLD:* LUNN, a_ Roman Catholic, spent a total of six months at Caux, the "little, well-ordered city" which is the Swiss headquarters and training-centre of Moral Rearmament, trying to assess the value of. the move- |: ment. He ends a little wearily, seeing a structure of lath and plaster through which anyone with a knowledge of the history of the Church could poke innumerable holes, yet unable to refute the obvious sincerity of the MRA’s and near miraculous results of their "guidance." Naive optimism, an all-embracing inclusiveness "in their sweep-not only Protestants and Catholics, but Moslems and other. non-Christians are welcomed -a refusal to accept any creed yet an implied committal to Christ, an uncritical reliance on "guidance" and "sharing," seem to be balanced by .a genuine humility, an active evangelistic power, and an atray of successes in overcoming industrial strife and personal conflict. Writing particularly for his own Church, Sir Arnold emphasises that the movement has brought many people back to the Catholic Church, but there is no case recorded of a Catholic becoming a Protestant under its influence. The book leaves the impression that its author is trying to make amends for an earlier, extravagant, attack on the movement, but it could be that he is now. leanine over backwards in an
attempt to be fair.
G.
D.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 950, 25 October 1957, Page 13
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239MORAL REARMAMENT New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 950, 25 October 1957, Page 13
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