| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
| Year: | 1954 |
| Number: | 2 - 13 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Frank Buchman |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1878 |
| Year, Death: | 1961 |
| Profession: | Theologian and preacher. |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Motivation: | Buchmann was nominated for his peace efforts, especially his work in the Moral Rearmament movement. He founded the movement in 1920s as the Oxford Group. It based its teaching on the Four Absolutes" (honesty, purity, unselfishness, love). Later, as the MRA (1938), it became more involved in political and social issues, particularly during the Cold War period when its anticommunist orientation found a receptive climate. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Max Huber |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1874 |
| Year, Death: | 1960 |
| Profession: | Member of Institut de Droit International |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Comments: | Nomination also signed by Kurt Schoch, MP, Switzerland Frank Buchman and Moral Rearmament was evaluated in 1951, 1952 and 1953 |