ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author talks about the religious implications of literary and philosophical texts of Albert Schweitzer. He was born in the Alsace, then part of Germany, in 1875. By 1913, when he founded a hospital in Central Africa, at Lambarene, he had established an international reputation both in New Testament studies and in musicology. His work in Africa attracted even more attention than his books on Jesus, Paul, Bach, and the organ; and his philosophic works as well as his autobiographical studies have been read the world over. In 1952, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. His major works include Von Reimarus zu Wrede: Eine Geschichte der Leben-Jesu Forschung; Die Mystik des Apostels Paulus; a two-volume Philosophy of Civilization; and Aus Meinem Leben und Denken. The essay reprinted here appeared originally as an appendix to E. N. Mozley's The Theology of Albert Schweitzer.
