Albert Schweitzer by Charles R. Joy
A concise life portrait of a cultured Alsatian theologian, musician and philosopher who left European academia to serve as a physician in central Africa, chronicling his early scholarly work on religion and Bach, his decision to train as a doctor and found a hospital at Lambaréné, and the development of his ethical philosophy of “reverence for life.” The book traces his medical and missionary labors, the international recognition culminating in a Nobel Peace Prize, and the complex legacy—admired humanitarianism alongside critiques of paternalism and colonial context—offering both personal anecdotes and intellectual analysis of a controversial, deeply religious reformer and public figure.
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