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Book SynopsisPresident Jimmy Carter, this edition features a new foreword by Lachlan Forrow, president of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
Trade ReviewOut of My Life and Thought shatters the old myth and allows us to glimpse the real Albert Schweitzer, a man whose moral example is as relevant and compelling... as it was in the 1930s on first publication. Eloquent and heartfelt. Los Angeles Times
Table of ContentsForeword to the 60th Anniversary Edition, by Lachlan Forrow, M.D.
Foreword to the 1998 Edition, by President Jimmy Carter
Preface, by Rhena Schweitzer Miller and Antje Bultmann Lemke
1. Childhood, School, and University
2. Paris and Berlin, 1898–1899
3. The First Years in Strasbourg
4. Study of the Last Supper and the Life of Jesus, 1900–1902
5. Teaching Activities at the University of Strasbourg: The Quest of the Historical Jesus
6. The Historical Jesus and the Christianity of Today
7. My Work on Bach
8. On Organs and Organ Building
9. I Resolve to Become a Jungle Doctor
10. My Medical Studies, 1905–1912
11. Preparing for Africa
12. Literary Activities During My Medical Course
13. First Activities in Africa, 1913–1917
14. Garaison and St. Rémy
15. Back in Alsace
16. Physician and Preacher in Strasbourg
17. The Book of African Reminiscences
18. Günsbach and Journeys Abroad
19. The Second Period in Africa, 1924–1927
20. Two Years in Europe: The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle
Epilogue
Chronology
Bibliography
Index
