LEADER 04823cam a2200649 i 4500001 265826 005 20240621232325.0 008 161107t20172017enkafc b 001 0 eng 010 2016941049 015 GBB6J3541 |2bnb 019 962433766969549720 020 9780198784227 |qhardback 020 0198784228 |qhardback 035 (OCoLC)ocn962408731 035 265826 042 pcc 043 f-go---e------ 049 LHMA 040 NLM |beng |erda |cNLM |dHLS |dYDX |dMOU |dIQU |dOCLCF |dWAU |dCHVBK |dNLE |dOCLCO |dOCLCA |dGILDS |dLHM 050 04 CT1018.S45 |bO37 2017 100 1 Oermann, Nils Ole, |eauthor. 245 10 Albert Schweitzer : |ba biography / |cNils Ole Oermann. 250 First edition. 264 1 Oxford : |bOxford University Press, |c2017. 264 4 |c©2017 300 xvii, 263 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, portraits ; |c21 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index. 505 00 |tIntroduction -- |tA sense of devotion : from the parsonage to theology (1875-1903) -- |tSaving the whole : from theology to Bach and then to medicine (1903-1912) -- |tSpiritual adventurer : from Strasbourg to the jungle and back again (1912-1917) -- |tIt is good to preserve life : Alber Schweitzer's philosophy of civilization -- |tIron door yields : crisis and breakthrough (1917-1932) -- |tWith Central African greetings : the time of the Third Reich (1933-1945) -- |tExorcising the ghost of the nuclear war : Schweitzer in the Cold War (1945-1957) -- |tHow beautiful! The last years (1957-1965) -- |tConclusion : myth and reality. 520 8 This biography provides a versatile insight into the life, work, and thought of Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965). Nils Ole Oermann offers a detailed account of the multifaceted life of Albert Schweitzer who was a theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. Schweitzer's life was not a straight path from the parsonage in Alsace to the University of Strasbourg, then on to the hospital in Lambarene, and ending with the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. In every life there are highs and lows, victories and defeats, and Schweitzer's life was no exception. These ups and downs, however, are barely discernible in Schweitzer's 1931 autobiography, Out of my Life and Thought, where he presents his life as an enormous, purposefully constructed edifice, the cornerstone of which was the principle of Reverence for Life, and the almost inevitable outcome of which was the Nobel Peace Prize. To date, biographers, journalists, and hagiographers have told and retold the story of Schweitzer following this basic pattern with relatively little critical modification. Their Schweitzer was a man whose demeanour and charisma set him apart from other intellectual giants of his time. But not everything Schweitzer records in his autobiography corresponds with what is found in the archives and in his unpublished writings. It is on the basis of these historical sources and more recent publications that Oermann attempts to sketch a more realistic picture of Albert Schweitzer. Oermann draws on newly uncovered personal papers which shed light on Schweitzer's dealings with the East German authorities and his role in the anti-nuclear movement. He also builds on a number of interviews from those associated with Schweitzer, most notably his daughter. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 12 Schweitzer, Albert, |d1875-1965. 600 10 Schweitzer, Albert, |d1875-1965. 600 10 Schweitzer, Albert, |d1875-1965 |xPolitical and social views. 600 17 Schweitzer, Albert, |d1875-1965. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00040772 600 17 Schweitzer, Albert |d1875-1965. |2gnd |0(DE-588)11861214X 650 12 Physicians. |0(DNLM)D010820 650 22 Missionaries. |0(DNLM)D066189 650 22 Religious Missions. |0(DNLM)D008921 651 2 Gabon. |0(DNLM)D005681 650 0 Missionaries, Medical |zGabon |vBiography. 650 0 Theologians |zEurope |vBiography. 650 0 Musicians |zEurope |vBiography. 650 7 Missionaries, Medical. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01023760 650 7 Musicians. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01030837 650 7 Political and social views. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01353986 650 7 Theologians. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01149517 651 7 Europe. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01245064 651 7 Gabon. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01205420 655 2 Biography. |0(DNLM)D019215 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 Biography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 4 Biography. 852 0 |bstacks |hCT1018.S45 |iO37 2017