Rising Tide Magazine — First and Only Issue (1937) — Oxford Group Periodical

Rising Tide Magazine — First and Only Issue (1937)

Oxford Group Periodical · First (and only) issue

Includes original Christmas sale promotion insert

Overview

Offered here is a scarce 1937 issue of Rising Tide, published by the Oxford Group. Although launched as the beginning of an ongoing periodical, Rising Tide ultimately remained a single-issue publication, making surviving copies a unique and highly collectible piece of Oxford Group history.

This example is in Very Good condition overall and retains the original Christmas sale promotional insert, a desirable survival rarely kept with ephemeral magazines of the period.

Significance

Issued during the Oxford Group’s energetic expansion in the late 1930s, Rising Tide captures the movement’s message and ambitions at full stride—spiritual renewal, personal transformation, and a “world change” vision that would soon influence related streams such as Moral Re-Armament and, for many collectors, provides important context for the pre–A.A. spiritual landscape.

With its bold visual presentation and sweeping international scope, this issue serves as a vivid primary source for anyone interested in:

• Oxford Group history and literature

• interwar spirituality and social reform movements

• the broader cultural environment that shaped many early spiritual seekers of the era

Contents & Article Highlights

This richly illustrated issue emphasizes global reach, moral foundations, and youth-led change. Highlights include:

• “1921—One Man Brought to Oxford” — traces Frank Buchman’s early influence and the movement’s beginnings among Oxford students.

• “The Tide Spreads to a Nation” — chronicles growth into South Africa and engagement with local leaders and Rhodes Scholars.

• “Points the Way in Switzerland” — reports Oxford Group activity and its ideals of international unity.

• “Youth Sets the Pace Toward a New America” — pictorial feature on character-building and civic renewal.

• “Bill and Mary—And How They Turned the Tide” — staged photo-essay illustrating “changed life” principles applied to marriage and home.

• Promotional section advertising popular Oxford Group titles — For Sinners Only, Life Began Yesterday, I Was A Pagan, What is the Oxford Group?, Conversion of the Church, and When Man Listens.

Publication Details

Title: Rising Tide

Publisher: The Oxford Group

Date: 1937

Edition: First and only issue

Insert: Original Christmas sale promotion insert included

Condition

Very Good overall. Light edge wear to cover. Interior pages clean. Includes original Christmas sale promotion insert.

Please review all photos carefully for the most accurate condition details.

Collector Notes

Because Rising Tide did not continue past its debut, complete copies are exceptionally scarce, and examples retaining original inserts are especially appealing to collectors of Oxford Group / Moral Re-Armament material and interwar spiritual ephemera.