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	Albert Schweitzer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Albert Schweitzer, M.D., OM, (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965) was a German Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician.
		Albert Schweitzer was a famous organist in his day and was highly interested in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
		In 1957, Schweitzer was one of the founders of The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_Schweitzer (2064 words)

	Albert Schweitzer - MSN Encarta
		Schweitzer was educated at the universities of Strasbourg, Paris, and Berlin and received three advanced degrees from Strasbourg—a doctorate in philosophy (1899), a licentiate (a higher degree than a doctorate) in theology (1900), and a doctorate in medicine (1913).
		In this work Schweitzer emphasized the religious nature of Bach’s music and advocated the simple, undistorted style of performing Bach’s works that was accepted afterward as the standard type of presentation.
		Schweitzer was world renowned as a musician, ethical philosopher, and humanitarian.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761573503 (626 words)

	Albert Schweitzer hero file
		In March Schweitzer and his wife leave for French Equatorial Africa to found his hospital at Lambaréné; (in present-day Gabon), a small village on the Ogowé River, 200 km inland and close to the Equator.
		Schweitzer devotes himself almost entirely to the building project, with medical duties at the hospital being taken up by two newly arrived European doctors and two nurses.
		Albert Einstein once said Schweitzer "did not preach and did not warn and did not dream that his example would be an ideal and comfort to innumerable people.
	www.moreorless.au.com /heroes/schweitzer.html (2913 words)

	Albert Schweitzer: Humane Religion Magazine Articles: Bible, love, compassion, peace, justice, sensitivity, church, ...
		Schweitzer's own "spiritual relationship with the Universe" was based on his understanding that Christianity--or any religion--had value only insofar as it balanced the inward turning of the mystic with the kind of substantive, ethical activity which Jesus called for in the Sermon on the Mount.
		In his own time, Albert Schweitzer was as widely known for the extensive network of medical help he established in West Africa as Mother Teresa is known for her ministry to the sick and dying in India.
		The Albert Schweitzer Society is still an active force that continues his work in 25 countries and ministers to "the poor, sick, lepers, and all those suffering from injustice due to race, sex, color..." But Schweitzer's legacy goes far beyond this ministry to suffering humanity.
	www.all-creatures.org /hr/hraschweitzer.htm (1399 words)

	The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
		The son of a Lutheran pastor, Albert Schweitzer was born January 14, 1875 in a small village in Alsace, then part of Germany.
		In 1952, at the age of 78, Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
		After retiring as a practicing doctor, Albert Schweitzer continued to oversee the hospital until his death on September 4, 1965 at the age of 90.
	www.schweitzerfellowship.org /features/about (297 words)

	Chapman University - Schweitzer Institute - Albert Schweitzer Exhibit
		Albert Schweitzer was a theologian, philosopher, musicologist, organist, organ-builder and physician, and he achieved greatness in all these fields.
		The story of Schweitzer's life is the story of the development of his thought and its translation into action.
		The Albert Schweitzer Collection was presented to the University in 1978 by Mr.
	www.chapman.edu /schweitzerInstitute/exhibit.asp (761 words)

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		First awarded in 1975, the Albert Schweitzer International Prizes were presented at UNC Wilmington to individuals who reflected Dr. Schweitzer's philosophy of “reverence for life” and who excelled in his areas of expertise, namely medicine, the humanities, and music.
		Born in Germany in 1875, Albert Schweitzer based his personal philosophy on the ideal of “reverence for life.” As a medical missionary, he spent years of his life in French Equatorial Africa, establishing a remarkable hospital in Lambarene, Gabon.
		Albert Schweitzer received numerous awards for his humanitarian efforts-including the Nobel Prize in 1952 and Britain’s highest civilian honor, the Order of Merit, in 1955.
	www.uncw.edu /honors/schweitzer.htm (697 words)

	Albert Schweitzer: Bibliography
		Emory Ross, was among the first supporters of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship during the World War II years when the hospital was in desperate need of the supplies sent by the Fellowship.
		Schweitzer established the Fellowship as a vehicle for receipt of funds to be used for clothing, food, medicinals and hospital equipment.
		Schweitzer's death in 1965 was to keep alive his philosophy of "reverence for life" by establishing a center where tangible evidence of Schweitzer's life and accomplishments could be appreciated by the public -- especially children -- and studied by scholars.
	www.awionline.org /schweitzer/as-bib.htm (2975 words)

	Albert Schweitzer: Doctor, Musician, Theologian
		The son of a Lutheran pastor, Schweitzer himself was licensed as a curate in 1899.
		In 1905, Schweitzer began to prepare for his 'other life': He studied medicine, earned his degree in 1913 and left for west Africa with his wife, a nurse, to establish a missionary hospital in Gabon.
		Schweitzer's eschatological Jesus is here to stay, these scholars claim, though the nature of the apocalypse--what exactly did Jesus mean by 'the kingdom of heaven is at hand' (Matthew 10:7); when did he believe the millennium would occur, and how--will remain the subject of lively debate.
	home.pcisys.net /~jnf/sidebar.html (712 words)

	Albert Schweitzer \| Philosopher, Physician & Humanitarian
		Albert Schweitzer was born on January 14, 1875 in Kaysersberg, a town near Strasbourg in Alsace, Germany (now part of France).
		Schweitzer used his $33,000 Nobel Prize to expand the hospital and to build a leper colony.
		The Correspondence of Albert Schweitzer and William Larimer Mellon, Jr.
	www.lucidcafe.com /library/96jan/schweitzer.html (742 words)

	The Albert Schweitzer Page
		Schweitzer authorized The Animal Welfare Institute to award a medal in his name for outstanding achievement in the advancement of animal welfare.
		Schweitzer, a discussion of Reverence for Life taken from The Philosophy of Civilization and elsewhere, letters between Albert and Helene Schweitzer, a Lambarene map and staff list, and other stuff.
		Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University Note the conference scheduled for October 28 and 29, 2005.
	www.pcisys.net /~jnf (1043 words)

	Schweitzer, Albert. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Schweitzer was honored in many countries for his work as a scientist and humanitarian, his artistry as an organist, and his contributions as a theologian; he was awarded the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.
		Schweitzer’s philosophy is developed in Philosophy of Civilization (The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization, 1923, tr.
		He believed that such an ethics would reconcile the drives of altruism and egoism by requiring a respect for the lives of all other beings and by demanding the highest development of the individual’s resources.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sc/Schweitz.html (376 words)

	Albert Schweitzer
		Albert Schweitzer was a man of many talents and purposes -- philosopher, physician, musician, theologian, author, builder.
		And, indeed, it was his monument as well, because he lives on through the accomplishments of the Schweitzer Hospital at Lambarene, Gabon in Equatorial Africa, through his philosophical works, his studies of Jesus, St. Paul, Goethe and Bach, and through the recorded brilliance of his organ playing.
		Schweitzer grappled with the paradoxes of the man-animal-nature relationship as no philosopher had done before.
	www.awionline.org /schweitzer/as-idx.htm (232 words)

	Schweitzer Collection
		The son of a Lutheran pastor, Albert Schweitzer was born in Alsace, then part of Germany and later part of France.
		In 1953, at the age of 78, Albert Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 1952.
		Although retired as a surgeon, Albert Schweitzer continued to oversee the hospital until his death at the age of 90.
	www.stephens.edu /library/catalogs/schweitzer (951 words)

	Amazon.com: Out of My Life and Thought (The Albert Schweitzer Library): Books: Albert Schweitzer,Antje Bultmann ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Albert Schweitzer was a man of action -- humanitarian, theologian, historian, musician, musical technologist, medical doctor, author, philosopher, missionary, professor, environmentalist, prisoner of war, recipient of the Nobel Prize.
		While Schweitzer's Christology is, at the least, arguable, his firm commitment to Christ's commandment of love is a strong example of the Christian life led in the light of its Teacher's example.
		Albert Schweitzer was an acclaimed organist, a world authority on Bach, a church pastor and principal of a theological seminary, a university professor with a doctorate in philosophy, and above all a humanitarian.
	www.amazon.com /Life-Thought-Albert-Schweitzer-Library/dp/0801860970 (2530 words)

	ALBERT SCHWEITZER: EXEMPLAR OF LIFE
		Albert Schweitzer once remarked in conversation, "I think that the most important trait in a religious worker is complete devotion to the truth." The remark summarized the characteristic quality of Schweitzer's own life.
		To hear Schweitzer play is to forget Schweitzer the performer and even Bach the composer, as the eternal musical forms which Bach caught and set down on paper flow into the mind of the listener.
		Albert Schweitzer was an honorary member of the Unitarian Church of the Larger Fellowship.
	www.harvardsquarelibrary.org /unitarians/schweitzera.html (2006 words)

	Albert Schweitzer, Missionary
		Albert Schweitzer, theologian, philosopher, organist, authority on Bach, physician, and missionary, was born in 1875, son of a Lutheran pastor, in Alsace, then German but now French.
		Schweitzer also distinguished between how individuals and societies approach their ethical roles: "The ethic of ethical personality is personal, incapable of regulation, and absolute; the system established by society for its prosperous existence is supra-personal, regulated, and relative.
		But I think that Schweitzer would say that the ethical person must not consider whether the goal is reasonable, but rather, must act according to the necessity of his own inner compulsion to do good in the world.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/bio/238.html (1306 words)

	Friends of Albert Schweitzer (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Fund will continue with this work, while Friends of Albert Schweitzer (UK) will have the wider remit of educating the public about Albert Schweitzer and initiating charitable projects in the UK and abroad which keep Schweitzer's spirit and legacy to the world alive and active.
		A large part of our aim is to raise awareness of Albert Schweitzer’s ethical philosophy of Reverence for Life, which we feel is as relevant today, perhaps even more so, than it was when the Doctor worked on its development from 1915 until he died in 1965.
		To affirm the universal validity of Albert Schweitzer’s concept of Reverence for life and the environmental ethics which are their foundation, and to promote and practice new ways of applying this in the changing circumstances of our lives for the benefit of future generations.
	www.albertschweitzer.org.uk /about.html (325 words)

	WRF: Albert Schweitzer's Reverence for Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At the height of his influence, Albert Schweitzer was often referred to as the most famous of living men.
		In 1905, Schweitzer made a radical career change and decided to devote the rest of his life to the natives of equatorial Africa.
		Schweitzer’s general philosophy could be stated as never to destroy life that breathes, unless it is unavoidable.
	www.wrf.org /news/news0014.htm (747 words)

	Albert Schweitzer - Welcome
		This site is dedicated to keeping alive Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s philosophy of Reverence for Life, and also the story of its founder and the way in which he discovered this philosophy and demonstrated it in his own life.
		So we are brothers and sisters to all living things, and owe to all of them the same care and respect, that we wish for ourselves.
		Schweitzer himself said that his hospital was “an improvisation”, and that the most important part of his legacy was his philosophy.
	www.albertschweitzer.info (185 words)

	Albert Schweitzer - BetterWorldHeroes.com
		Before he was 30 years old, Albert Schweitzer had earned an international reputation as a concert organist and an acclaimed author, in addition to being a pastor and a university professor.
		In the 1950s he became concerned about the nuclear arms race and in 1957 made a radio appeal that was heard in 50 countries, urging nations with the bomb to stop testing and reduce their arsenals.
		Albert Schweitzer believed in a reverence for life, and the example of his life of compassion continues to be an inspiration to many who have dedicated their lives to alleviate suffering and make the world a better place.
	www.betterworldheroes.com /schweitzer.htm (690 words)

	Words of Albert Schweitzer and the Music of Bach
		People attending Words of Albert Schweitzer and the Music of Bach are visibly moved the moment the house lights dim, the overture begins -- Stokowski's dynamic recording of the Toccata in d minor -- and they see Connie Erickson's portrait of Schweitzer and Bach.
		Schweitzer was famous as an interpreter of Bach's music (he gave more than 500 organ concerts in Europe); his biography of Bach was published in l905 and is still in print today.
		Albert Schweitzer's philosophy of Reverence for Life together with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can lead mankind out of the darkness we have fallen into so that everyone will know that the golden light of peace is beautiful.
	www.tennesseeplayers.org /sbproduction.html (3270 words)

	History of Vegetarianism - Dr Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
		From The Vegetable Passion by Janet Barkas (New York 1975): "...Schweitzer was convinced of vegetarianism as an ideal of reverence for life and regretted he could not fulfill that goal as completely as he would have liked.
		The sight of an old, limping horse being dragged along by one man while another man struck him with a stick he was being driven to the Colmar slaughterhouse - haunted me for weeks.
		This was a horrible proposal [that the eight year-old Albert join a friend in killing birds with a sling].
	www.ivu.org /history/europe20a/schweitzer.html (1624 words)

	Works for Organ by Albert Schweitzer at jsbach.org
		However, this disc brings out the beauty of these pieces: Schweitzer's performance raised the listening experience to almost mystical levels, and made me truly appreciate the organ for the first time.
		This is not the place to debate Schweitzer's technical profieciency, as I am not an organist, but what he may lack in skill he more than makes up for in passion.
		Schweitzer's aura undoubtedly adds something to the experience, but it is a wonderful CD on its own terms.
	www.jsbach.org /schweitzerworksfororgan.html (390 words)

	Albert Schweitzer
		Dr. Schweitzer believed that whatever path of service is chosen, compassion and concern for all creatures must be incorporated into that service.
		The Albert Schweitzer Society is still an active force that continues his work in 25 countries
		Schweitzer was drawn to the music of Bach because Bach is the most deeply spiritual of the composers.
	www.anaflora.com /articles/saints-sages/saint-13.html (1522 words)

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