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He challenged both the secular view of historical jesus current at his time and the traditional christian view, depicting a jesus who expected the imminent end of. In this book, schweitzer traces the historical progress of historical jesus research, from hermann reimarus in the mid 18th century, to william wrede at the turn of the 20th. These words came to albert schweitzer on a boat trip on the ogooue river in french equatorial africa now gabon, while searching for a universal concept of ethics for our time. Schweitzer showed how jesus image had changed with the times and with the personal proclivities of the various authors. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Albert schweitzers reverence for life 43 albert schweitzer, the teaching of reverence for life, trans.
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Schweitzer quotations, each about a paragraph in length. Born in alsace in 1875, his passionate intellectual curiosity, combined with huge physical energy, enabled him to win degrees in philosophy, theology and music at strasbourg university, while earning a. These words came to albert schweitzer on a boat trip on the. If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, by albert schweitzer. Albert schweitzer and the interpretation of the new testament. Albert schweitzers legacy for education is the first book devoted to the study of the thought and deeds of albert schweitzer in relation to education.
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Chicago turabian author date citation style guide meyer, marvin w, kurt. Albert schweitzers life and legacy reverence for life. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the wisdom of albert schweitzer. The first sign of awakening is usually a growing reverence for life. Schweitzer s central ethical concept is reverence for life. Albert schweitzer om 14 january 1875 4 september 1965 was an alsatian polymath. Albert schweitzer was a theologian, a doctor, a musician, an author, and he won the nobel peace prize in 1952.
I dedicated my book, the jesus dynasty to the memory of albert schweitzer, who was born 140 years ago this month. Musician, theologian and physician, albert schweitzer was above all, a true humanitarian. But although the full flowering of biblical methodology is relatively recent, the seeds for such flowering were sown over a century ago by a man whose own study of the new testament was quite limited in terms of method. Schweitzers central ethical concept is reverence for life. You find it easy to conceive in your musings that incredibly great consciousness and energy is at work wherever there is life. Schweitzers book does not pretend to be an impartial. He he was and is an ethical role model and inspiration for the man all over the world. I cant think of a better way to spend time than this wonderful book. Read reverence for life the ethics of albert schweitzer for the twentyfirst century by albert schweitzer available from rakuten kobo.
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