Out of My Life and Thought · An Autobiography

Published to commemorate Albert Schweitzer's only visit to the USA 60 years ago, this anniversary edition of his autobiography gives 21st-century readers a unique 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 musical scholar, a catalyst of environmental peace activism. Yet people most revere him for his dedication to serving others his profound influential ethic of reverence for life. For him, reverence for life was not a theory or a philosophy but a discovery--a recognition that the capacity to experience 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 Barbara Hershey. In addition to a foreword by Nobel Laureate former President Jimmy Carter, this edition features a new foreword by Lachlan Forrow, president of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.