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Albert Schweitzer: A Biography by Nils Ole Oermann 9780198784227

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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 But not everything Schweitzer records in his autobiography corresponds with what is found in the archives and in his unpublished writings.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.

About the Author
Nils Ole Oermann is a Professor at Leuphana University of Luneburg.

Reviews
Schweitzer carefully constructed a lasting and often romanticized self-image through a number of biographical reflections, interviews to journalists, and film documentaries ... Oermann offers a more complex image of Schweitzer * James C. Ungureanu, Reading Religion *
[Nils Ole Oermann's] book will continue to be the go to biography on Schweitzer for many years ... In a relatively brief compass, [Oermann] has succeeded in giving his reader a real flavour of this most intriguing of public intellectuals and has done so while avoiding the temptation to thoughtless praise or denunciation. * James Carleton Paget, Theologische Literaturzeitung *


Awards
Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2017.



Book Information
ISBN 9780198784227
Author Nils Ole Oermann
Format Hardback
Page Count 282
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm * 22mm

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