In this Book
- Albert Schweitzer in Thought and Action: A Life in Parts
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Syracuse University Press
- Series: Albert Schweitzer Library
summary
In the 1940s and 1950s, Albert Schweitzer was one of the best-known figures on the world stage. Courted by monarchs, world statesmen, and distinguished figures from the literary, musical, and scientific fields, Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952, cementing his place as one of the great intellectual leaders of his time. Schweitzer is less well known now but nonetheless a man of perennial fascination, and this volume seeks to bring his achievements across a variety of areas—philosophy, theology, and medicine—into sharper focus. To that end, international scholars from diverse disciplines offer a wide-ranging examination of Schweitzer’s life and thought over the course of forty years. Albert Schweitzer in Thought and Action gives readers a fuller, richer, and more nuanced picture of this controversial but monumental figure of twentieth-century life—and, in some measure, of that complex century itself.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- 3. Schweitzer, Paul, and “Mysticism”
- pp. 54-70
- 5. Schweitzer and Modern Theology
- pp. 105-117
- 7. Schweitzer and World Religions
- pp. 130-152
- Part Two: Schweitzer the Philosopher
- Part Three: Schweitzer and the Wider World
- 12. Albert Schweitzer and Politics
- pp. 237-255
- Bibliography
- pp. 445-480
- Contributors
- pp. 481-484
Additional Information
ISBN
9780815653684
Related ISBN(s)
9780815634645, 9780815634799
MARC Record
OCLC
962451709
Pages
472
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No