"'Out of My Life and Thought' shatters the old myth and allows us to glimpse the real Albert Schweitzer, a man whose moral example is as relevant and compelling in the 1990s as it was in the 1930s on first publication. Eloquent and heartfelt."--'Los Angeles Times' Of the many highly esteemed books Albert Schweitzer penned in his life, he valued ...
At last it is possible to read Schweitzer''s full account in English. Restored to its full stature, The Quest of the Historical Jesus remains as important for the 21st century as it was for the 20th.'
Published to commemorate Albert Schweitzer's only visit to the United States 60 years ago, this anniversary edition of his autobiography gives 21st-century readers a unique and authoritative account of the man John F. Kennedy called 'one of the transcendent moral influences of our century'. Schweitzer is celebrated around the world as a European ...
Designed for undergraduate History, Political Science, and International Studies courses in the History of Western Civilization from early modern times to the present. Blending elements of European, United States, and World history into a coherent examination of the past five hundred years, this rich anthology provides an extensive collection of ...
Albert Schweitzer's social and ethical philosophy is best expressed in "The Philosophy of Civilization". Not widely available in recent years, this edition will give contemporary readers the opportunity to discover his prophetic thought.
In this classic work Albert Schweitzer, the great Protestant teacher, lays down his thesis - which has shaken and inspired modern Christian thought - on the precise nature of Jesus' understanding of his own mission.
In the last decades of the eighteenth century, old arguments about what constituted true Christianity resumed with the newly refined tools and methods of linguistics, history, and comparative literature. The most sensitive questions sought to probe through the centuries and discover the original Jesus. Why, scholars asked, is the New Testament ...
"There, in this sorry world of ours, goes a great man."-Albert Einstein, on Albert Schweitzer In July of 1913, thirty-eight-year-old medical doctor Albert Schweitzer gave up his position as a respected professor at the University of Strasbourg and celebrated authority on music and philosophy in order to go as a physician to French Equatorial ...
A collection of Nobel Peace Prize-winner Schweitzer's words on ecology, human and animal rights, philosophy, war, peace, music, arts, and forming a global community. Many of the quotations come from previously unpublished material. Features a biographical sketch and a complete bibliography.
Independent of his international renown as a humanitarian, Albert Schweitzer is well known as a great musicologist--a reputation that rests largely upon this book, one of the great full-length studies of composer Johann Sebastian Bach's life and work. Schweitzer's J.S. BACH is among the definitive reference works on Bach and is high on the list of ...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
This text owes its existence to a 1923 psycoanalytic session conducted by Dr O. Pfister with the then 49-year-old Schweitzer. Immersed in Christianity and covering his first 19 years, this reveals what led him to serve his life's work in Africa as a missionary.
Independent of his international renown as a humanitarian, Albert Schweitzer is well known as a great musicologist--a reputation that rests largely upon this book, one of the great full-length studies of composer Johann Sebastian Bach's life and work. Schweitzer's J.S. BACH is among the definitive reference works on Bach and is high on the list of ...
Immediately after the Gospels, the New Testament takes up the history of the early Christian Church, describing the works of the 12 disciples and introducing Paul, the man whose influence on the history of Christianity is beyond calculation. Teacher, preacher, conciliator, diplomat, theologian, rule giver, consoler and martyr, his life and ...
Originally published in 1922. The author's experiences as a doctor/explorer in the untamed forests of Equatorial Africa. Illustrated with photos and maps. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in ...
Albert Schweitzer's leading philosophical idea was "reverence for life": good consists in maintaining and perfecting life, evil in destroying and obstructing life. For Schweitzer, all life is sacred, and ethics deals with human attitudes and behavior toward all living beings. Unlike most other moral philosophers, Schweitzer argues that knowledge ...
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