Schweitzer what professors would best provide him an education on Schweitzer's thoughts. George Marshall (see my review of Marshall's excellent biography: Schweitzer) once asked Dr. Out of my life and thought: an autobiography 1998, Johns Hopkins University Press in association with The Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities in English - Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed. Filmed on location in Strasbourg, France, where the young Schweitzer gave organ recitals and preached, and in Gabon, West Africa, where the hospital he founded continues to treat people today, this inspiring docu-drama brings to life the story of Albert Schweitzer, and is enhanced by real-life interviews with family members, biographers, theologians, and others. His theology on Jesus and Paul, his thoughts on Bach and organ building, his philosophy on Reverence for Life are all laid out here.
Yet the price of his fame was paid for in part by his wife and daughter, left behind in Europe while he pursued his African dream.Īlbert Schweitzer: Called to Africa tells his remarkable story through the eyes of his wife, Helene, a nurse who shared her husband's dream of carving a hospital out of the rugged African jungle. Out of My Life and Thought (Albert Schweitzer Library) by Schweitzer, Albert and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This towering figure - jungle doctor, pastor, philosopher, and celebrated musician - was revered by royalty and the famous of his day.
Albert Schweitzer is remembered around the world as one of the great humanitarians of the 20th century, a man who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in healing the sick and injured in Africa. Mythologizing aside, Schweitzer was a skillful writer who knew how to capture his reader with fascinating and provocative.
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