The Most Complete, Accurate, and
Definitive Book
On
Alcoholics Anonymous & The Oxford
Group
By Dick B.
The
Oxford Group and Alcoholics Anonymous
Scholarly, comprehensive, unique! A.A. was an integral
part of the Oxford Group in the early 1930's, and this book contains the only
study of the Oxford Group's contributions to early A.A.'s Big Book, Twelve
Steps, and Fellowship. You will find here the Oxford Group's Biblical roots,
the origin of its ideas, details on its beliefs and practices, its influence on
early A.As and their high success rate, and where its concepts can be found in
today's A.A.
Foreword by Rev. T. Willard Hunter;
author, columnist, Oxford Group activist; former Assistant to the President of
the School of Theology at Claremont, California.
Endorsements
"A masterly book. Dick B. has fully
converted me to his use of quotations to show the parallels between the Oxford
Group and the statements of Bill W., Dr. Bob and A.A. literature generally.
Dick evidences a power of summarizing the aims of a book in a few lines with
much clarity."
Garth D. Lean
Author of On the Tail of a Comet
(The life of Oxford Group founder, Dr.
Frank N. D. Buchman)
"Dick B. has the capacity and commitment to go to
the very wellsprings ofA.A. and, through brilliant and painstaking research, to
bring the real inspiration of its roots to today's living."
James D. and Eleanor Newton
Authors of Uncommon Friends and The
Guidance of God
Oxford Group activists for 70 years
Friends of Frank Buchman and Sam
Shoemaker
"What Dick is doing with his research and development
of books is of utmost importance. The
Oxford Group & Alcoholics Anonymous: A Design for Living That Works is
a first rate example. Without a spiritual commitment to God and His guidance,
most people in A.A. will not make it. It's regrettable more do not see
this."
Jim H.
A.A. Oldtimer (63 years), Moral
Re-Armament
Board Member, and friend of A.A.
co-founder, Bill Wilson
"Dick: I have your books, New Light on Alcoholism, The
Akron Genesis, Dr. Bob's Library,
Anne Smith's Journal, and The Oxford Group. You write exceedingly
well and simply so that folks like me can understand and enjoy."
Geraldine D.
CEO Emeritus and Founder, Little Hill
Foundation
Friend of Bill and Lois Wilson, and A.A.
Oldtimer (50 years)
"Dick B. is performing a service to our whole field
by describing the historical and spiritual tools of recovery from
alcoholism."
Paul Wood, Ph.D.
President, National Council on
Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
Paradise Research Publications, Inc.; Second Edition;
432 pp.; 6 x 9; perfect bound; 1998; $23.95; ISBN 1-885803-19-2. (Previous
title: Design for Living.The Oxford Group's Contribution to Early A.A.)
For further information, contact Dick B., dickb@dickb.com; 808 874 4876
Gloria
Deo
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