Albert Schweitzer

1875 – 1965

Lutheran

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Works by Albert Schweitzer

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Begin with Out of My Life and Thought, his own account of his life and of each of his books, and the short Memoirs of Childhood and Youth. Then On the Edge of the Primeval Forest for the hospital at Lambaréné. For his theology read The Quest of the Historical Jesus and then The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle; for reverence for life, Civilization and Ethics.

Influence

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Influenced

  • N. T. Wright 1948–? was answered by through Jesus and the Victory of God

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