The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1954
Number:	2-3
Nominee:
Name:	Frank Buchman
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1878
Year, death:	1961
Profession/Category:	Theologian and preacher.
Country:	US (UNITED STATES)
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:
Name:	J. F. T. Naude
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Minister for PTT
Country:	ZA (SOUTH AFRICA)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	August Schou
Gender:	M
Comment:	Frank Buchman and Moral Rearmament was evaluated in 1951, 1952 and 1953