The Theology of Albert Schweitzer for Christian Inquirers
Author: Albert Schweitzer
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Published: 1951
Total Pages: 0
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The Theology of Albert Schweitzer for Christian Inquirers, by E.N. Mozley. With an Epilogue by Albert Schweitzer
Author: Albert Schweitzer
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1974-01-21
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0837172047
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlbert Schweitzer's Ethical Vision A Sourcebook
Author: Predrag Cicovacki
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009-02-02
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0199703329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe philosophy of Albert Schweitzer has proved widely influential in modern thinking, especially in the field of ethics. His leading ethical idea can be summarized in the phrase "reverence for life" - namely, that good consists in maintaining and perfecting life, and evil consists in destroying and obstructing life. For Schweitzer, all life is sacred. Ethics thus deals with human attitudes and behavior toward all living beings. Unlike many moral philosophers, Schweitzer argues that knowledge of human nature does not provide a sufficient foundation for any adequate moral theory. That is why he bases his ethics on much broader foundations, articulated in his philosophy of civilization and the philosophy of religion. Schweitzer argues that the material aspect of our civilization has become far more important than its spiritual counterpart. Even organized religion has put itself in the service of politics and economy, thereby losing its vitality and moral authority. Schweitzer's ethics of reverence for life, argues Predrag Cicovacki, offers a viable alternative at a time when traditional ethical theories are found inadequate. Schweitzer's robust and un-dogmatic idealism may offer the best antidote to the prevailing relativism and nihilism of the postmodern epoch. His ethical vision directs us toward a new way of building a more just and more peaceful world. Collecting sixteen of Schweitzer's most effective essays, this volume serves as a compelling introduction to this remarkable thinker and humanist.
The Restoration of Albert Schweitzer's Ethical Vision
Author: Predrag Cicovacki
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2012-04-26
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1441165886
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1913, Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) left his internationally renowned career as a theologian, philosopher, and organ player to open a hospital in the jungles of Africa. There he developed in theory and practice his ethics of reverence for life. When he published his most important philosophical work, The Philosophy of Civilization, few people were serious about treating animals with dignity and giving any consideration to environmental issues. Schweitzer's urge was heard but not fully appreciated. One hundred years later, we are in a better position to do it. Predrag Cicovacki's book is a call to restore Schweitzer's vision. After critically and systematically discussing the most important aspects of the ethics of reverence for life, Cicovacki argues that the restoration of Schweitzer does not mean the restoration of any particular doctrine. It means summoning enough courage to reverse the deadly course of our civilization. And it also means establishing a way of life that stimulates striving toward what is the best and highest in human beings.
Reverence for Life
Author: Ara Paul Barsam
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-01-29
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0198044089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlbert Schweitzer maintained that the idea of "Reverence for Life" came upon him on the Ogowe River as an "unexpected discovery, like a revelation in the midst of intense thought." While Schweitzer made numerous significant contributions to an incredible diversity of fields - medicine, music, biblical studies, philosophy and theology - he regarded Reverence for Life as his greatest contribution and the one by which he most wanted to be remembered. Yet this concept has been the subject of a range of distortions and misunderstandings, both academic and popular. In this book, Ara Barsam provides a new interpretation of Schweitzer's reverence and shows how it emerged from his studies of German philosophy, Indian religions, and his biblical scholarship on Jesus and Paul. By throwing light on the origin and development of Schweitzer's thought, Barsam leads his readers to a closer appreciation of the contribution that reverence makes to current ethical issues. Whereas previous commentators have focused on "reverence for life" as a philosophical ethic located in that tradition, this book demonstrates that it is in fact Schweitzer's theology that provides the hitherto undiscerned foundation for his ethic. Even among those who herald Schweitzer as the one who brought "reverence" to Christianity, there exists a tendency to underemphasize how his thinking also developed from his pivotal encounter with Indian religions. As Barsam shows, it is impossible to grasp the nature and the significance of Barsam's contribution without addressing that link. Life-centered ethics - in the broadest sense - have continued to flourish, yet Schweitzer's pioneering contribution is often overlooked. Not only did he help establish the issue on the moral agenda, but, most significant, he also provided much sought after philosophical and theological foundations. Schweitzer emerges from this critical study of his life and thought as a remarkable individual who should rightfully be regarded as a moral giant of the twentieth-century.
The Ethical Mysticism of Albert Schweitzer
Author: Henry Balsley Clark
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press
Published: 1962
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDetailed analysis of Schweitzer as a man and a philosopher, attempting to evaluate his contribution to a philosophy for modern civilization.
The Bible and the Literary Critic
Author: Amos N. Wilder
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2013-12-01
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 162564390X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis last of Amos Wilder's published works in the field of religion and literature collects twelve previously published or unpublished essays written, with a single exception, in the 1980s. Found here is the record of his views of postmodernism and the work of such contemporary figures as Paul Ricoeur, George Steiner, Frank Kermode, and the late Norman Perrin. As background, Wilder also includes two pieces that fill in the story of his own encounter with biblical scholarship dating back to meeting Albert Schweitzer at Oxford in 1922. In 1961 John Dominic Crossan authored Wilder's intellectual biography for the Society of Biblical Literature's series on biblical scholarship in North America (A Fragile Craft: The Work of Amos Niven Wilder). The chapter "Wilder on Crossan on Wilder" offers an enticing dividend of this overview of New Testament studies in the twentieth century by a scholar whose active career spanned more than six decades.
Eschatology
Author: Hans Schwarz
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2000-09-22
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780802847331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSchwarz guides readers through the range of opinions on the subject of the future, telling how readers' understanding of eschatology has developed and laying out the factors that must be considered when speaking meaningfully about the Christian hope in the 21st century. He surveys the teachings about the future in the Old and New Testaments and addresses the views of Christian and secular thinkers throughout history.
Mystics in Action
Author: Epperly, Bruce G.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2020-12-16
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 1608338533
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Portrays the lives and experiences of twelve mystical activists, exploring their worldview and spirituality and their relationship to social transformation"--
The Lost Teachings of Jesus
Author: Mark Prophet
Publisher: Summit University Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 091676690X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe authors demonstrate that much of Jesus' teaching has been lost -- either removed from the Gospels, suppressed, kept secret for those being initiated into the deeper mysteries, or never written down at all. Then, in modern vernacular, they present a bold reconstruction of the essence of Jesus' message -- the lost teachings Jesus gave his disciples 2000 years ago on karma, reincarnation, good and evil, and how to reunite with the Higher Self. Includes 32 Roerich art reproductions and illustrations of the chakras in the body of man.
