[Oe List ...] FW: [scmfriends] Renate Howe's History of the ASCM 'A Centure of Influence' is now published [1 Attachment]

Thu Aug 13 21:06:21 CDT 2009

Oh yes - at Boston University from 1957 (heavens) to 1961.  The MSM was under the umbrella of the Student Christian Movement and shared a space at the Danforth House.  The director was Bill Overholt.  The Baptists also had a presence there as well as UCC.  I was the secretary for the Methodist Student Movement New England for the director Ben Conley from 1960 to 1962.  Their office was at a church in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA.  I would drive my husband to seminary and then continue across the Charles River to Harvard Square to work and then collect him on my way home.  (All this in a 1952 Plymouth.)  There were a lot of MSM youth around, including some from the Wesley Foundation at UMass or Amherst.  I remember meeting Bob Fishel, Bob Sweet and others from that area at Rolling Ridge which is famous for being the setting of a lot of RSI's in the 1960s.  And summer camps etc., etc.  It is still alive and well in New England.  Clare Whitney
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  Good morning again!

  The following book - see below - covers the history of the Australian Student Christian Movement 1896-1996.  Lots of people were influenced by the ASCM's presence on university campuses.  I got involved with the SCM thanks to the old "being the church where you are" image from EI in the late 1960s.

  Have any of you had experience in the Methodist Student Movement (name?) and similar groups in the USA?  I know Terry Loomis did.  

  And the MSM's magazine Motive published some writing by JWM, and an article or two which we used in EI/ICA courses.  

  Robin Boyd's The Witness of the SCM is a personal history from experience in Northern Ireland, London, India and Australia.  Risto Lehtonen's Story of a Storm: The Ecumenical Student Movement in the Turmoil of Revolution provides an international perspective.  Lehtonen was active in the "politicisation" revoution of the late 60s and early 70s, a trend which I though was not comprehensive enough, and thus I found the EI/ICA tradition more persuasive.

  Does anyone have any background in that "storm"?  Or reflections on it?  Are there good US and other books looking at it?

  Cheers 

  Frank Bremner  

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  From: helenh at alphalink.com.au
  Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:33:31 +1000
  Subject: [scmfriends] Renate Howe's History of the ASCM 'A Centure of Influence' is now published [1 Attachment]

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  We are very pleased to announce that the centennial history of the Movement has been published (July 2009) by University of New South Wales Press.
  In 1993 a Group of Friends of the ASCM was formed and began to prepare for the writing of a history of the Movement. The General Committee of the ASCM enthusiastically endorsed the idea.
  Academic historian Dr Renate Howe, an associate professor at Deakin University, was invited to become its author with support from the University as well as the ASCM Centennial History Working Group.
  The Centenary of the ASCM was celebrated in 1996 at a Centenary Gathering in Canberra attended by over three hundred SCMers covering six generations from the 1920s onwards. This event provided an important impetus to the project especially in helping to facilitate the more than 70 extended oral interviews which have been so foundational for the subsequent history.
  The now completed work is a history of a very influential movement in so many aspects of Australia’s social and political development in the 20th Century. It also provides a perspective on the history of Australian universities during this period, covering nation-defining debates on the possibility of belief, issues of peace and war, and Australia’s relationship with Asia. It was in the SCM that so many students formed their attitudes, often found their life long partners, and developed a commitment that would sustain them through their lives.
  Additional information about the publication is available on the Flyer (PDF file - 86Kb) and by means of publication Endorsements. SCM Friends and Supporters can make discounted early bird purchases by printing and mailing the Order Form (PDF file - 86Kb) or phoning Wendy Taylor on 0408 619 905

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