Albert Schweitzer : a biography

290 Pages·2017·3.084 MB·English

by  Oermann, Nils Ole

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Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
A Biography
NILS OLE OERMANN
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Contents
ListofPlates ix
Abbreviations xi
Timeline xiii
Introduction 1
1. ASenseofDevotion:FromtheParsonageto
Theology(1875–1903) 5
2. SavingtheWhole:FromTheologytoBachandthen
toMedicine(1903–1912) 46
3. TheSpiritualAdventurer:FromStrasbourgtothe
JungleandBackAgain(1912–1917) 91
4. ItIsGoodtoPreserveLife:AlbertSchweitzer’s
PhilosophyofCivilization 107
5. TheIronDoorYields:CrisisandBreakthrough
(1917–1932) 130
6. WithCentralAfricanGreetings:TheTimeofthe
ThirdReich(1933–1945) 154
7. ExorcisingtheGhostoftheNuclearWar:Schweitzerin
theColdWar(1945–1957) 165
8. HowBeautiful!TheLastYears(1957–1965) 212
9. Conclusion:MythandReality 219
Notes 225
Bibliography 253
Index 261
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List of Plates
1. AlbertSchweitzerbeganhisschoolingin1880.
2. TheparsonageinGunsbach,AlbertSchweitzer’schildhoodhome,
around1890.
3. AlbertSchweitzer(left)asa17-year-oldgrammar-schoolstudentwitha
friend,1892.
4. AlbertSchweitzer(secondfromleft)onabiketour,1893.
5. AlbertSchweitzerat34yearsold.
6. HeleneBresslauasanurseat31yearsold.
7. AlbertSchweitzer,hismother,andbrotherPaulin
Gunsbach,around1913.
8. ThemissionstationinAndendenearLambarene,1913.
9. HeleneandAlbertSchweitzer(ontheright)withotherEuropeans
intropicaldress,around1913.
10. AlbertandHeleneSchweitzerconfinedtoLambareneasenemy
aliens,1914.
11 and12. In1917HeleneandAlbertSchweitzerweredeportedfrom
LambareneandinternedasGermancivilianprisonersofwarinGaraison
intheFrenchPyrenees.
13. Albertholdinghis3-year-olddaughter,Rhena,1922.
14. Schweitzer(standingonaladder)alsohelpedintheconstructionof
buildingsforhishospital,1926–7.
15. TheAlsatiansculptorandpainterOttoLeiber(1878–1958)madeabust
ofAlbertSchweitzerinKönigsfeld,1929.
16. TheSchweitzersinEdinburgh,1932.
17. AlbertandHeleneSchweitzerhavingapicniconthebanksoftheOgowe,
1942.
18. SchweitzerdeliveringhisChristmasmessageinLambarene,around
1950.
19. AthisdeskinLambarene,1951.
20. AlbertSchweitzerandhisHungariancolleagueEmerichPercyexaminea
patientwithelephantiasis.