Albert Schweitzer: Sketches for a PortraitThis book explores the deeper meanings and implications of Schweitzer's ethical and theological thought in the context of his life and work as a jungle doctor, philosopher, and musician. It provides a careful study of Schweitzer's deceptively simple ethic of Reverence for Life, debating such questions as: Did Albert Schweitzer believe in God? What did he believe about Jesus? Was Albert Schweitzer a racist? Co-published with the Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities. |
Contents
Is Schweitzer a Racist? | 1 |
Did Schweitzer Believe in God? | 9 |
Was Schweitzer a Mystic After All? | 15 |
What Albert Schweitzer Believed about Jesus | 23 |
Schweitzer and Bach | 31 |
Is Reverence for Life a Viable Ethic? | 37 |
Radical Monotheism vs Schweitzers Ethical Pantheism | 43 |
An 18th Century Anachronism? | 53 |
The Preacher and the Scholar | 61 |
His Legacy of Hope | 71 |
Appendix | 79 |
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