{"product_id":"out-of-my-life-and-thought-an-autobiography-paperback","title":"Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Schweitzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAntje Bultmann Lemke\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJimmy Carter\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished to commemorate Albert Schweitzer's only visit to the United States 60 years ago, this anniversary edition of his autobiography gives 21st-century readers a unique and authoritative account of the man John F. Kennedy called \"one of the transcendent moral influences of our century.\" Schweitzer is celebrated around the world as a European pioneer of medical service in Africa, a groundbreaking philosopher and musical scholar, and a catalyst of environmental and peace activism. Yet people most revere Schweitzer for his dedication to serving others and his profound and influential ethic of reverence for life. For Schweitzer, reverence for life was not a theory or a philosophy but a discovery-a recognition that the capacity to experience and act on a reverence for all life is a fundamental part of human nature, a characteristic that sets human beings apart from the rest of the natural world. This anniversary edition coincides with several high profile celebrations of his 1949 visit, as well as the release of a new feature film starring Jeroen Krabbe and Barbara Hershey. In addition to a foreword by Nobel Laureate and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, this edition features a new foreword by Lachlan Forrow, president of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Schweitzer\u003c\/b\u003e (1875-1965) won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1952. Although he was highly gifted in science, theology, and music and as an author, Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of his life to medicine and to a hospital he founded with his wife, Helene Breslau, in French Equatorial Africa, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon. A true humanitarian, he used his Nobel Prize stipend to expand the hospital and to build new facilities for leprosy patients. The Johns Hopkins University Press published several of Schweitzer's books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Quest of the Historical Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Primeval Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mysticism of Paul the Apostle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773666132256,"sku":"9780801894121","price":56.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/19ebee8da8531b64145af0fc37a138fe_b6bc4c3e-52f5-4fdf-9da1-a2116bd42b27.webp?v=1780430124","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/out-of-my-life-and-thought-an-autobiography-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}