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Answering the Call

The Doctor Who Made Africa His Life: The Remarkable Story of Albert Schweitzer

by Ken Gire
Jim Sanders
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Revere life, and give yours away for the sake of serving others.As a young man, Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for greatness. His immense talent and fortitude propelled him to a place as one of EuropeÆs most renowned philosophers, theologians, and musicians in the early twentieth century. Yet Schweitzer shocked his contemporaries by forsaking worldly success and embarking on an epic journey into the wilds of French Equatorial Africa, vowing to serve as a lifelong physician to ôthe least of theseö in a mysterious land rife with famine, sickness, and superstition. Enduring hardship, conflict, and personal struggles, he and his beloved wife, H?l?ne, became French prisoners of war during WWI, and H?l?ne later battled persistent illnesses. Ken GireÆs page-turning, novelesque narrative sheds new light on SchweitzerÆs faith-in-action ethic and his commitment to honor God by celebrating the sacredness of all life.The legacy of this 1952 Nobel Prize honoree endures in the thriving African hospital community that began in a humble chicken coop, in the millions who have drawn inspiration from his example, and in the challenge that emanates from his life story into our day.Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for greatnessùand he achieved it by making his life his greatest sermon to a world in desperate need of hope and healing.

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    September 17, 2019

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      • ISBN: 9781401606367
      • File size: 118461 KB
      • Duration: 04:06:47

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This spiritual biography of Albert Schweitzer focuses on his years in Africa. Not a traditional portrait, the book is more of a series of scenes or episodes, with the author creating the dialogue. Jim Sanders narrates the narrative portions with an appropriate level of emotion, but the author's sometimes stilted dialogue comes across less successfully. Also, Sanders occasionally pauses at odd times in sentences, which can be distracting, although it doesn't happen often. Overall, author and narrator pair fairly well. In introductory material, the author says he hopes the book is made into a TV miniseries. Perhaps writing this book as a novel inspired by actual events would have been a better literary route. R.C.G. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      April 1, 2013

      Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Albert Schweitzer's emigration to Gabon (formerly part of French Equatorial Africa), to found a hospital, Gire ("Moments with the Savior" series) digs into Schweitzer's motivation to give up conventional medical practice and live a life of service in the Gabon rain forest well before medical missions were usual. Gire illuminates the fascinating life of this 1952 Nobel Prize recipient, albeit with the addition of a couple of fictional characters and imagined dialog. Beginning with his subject's birth in Gunsbach, Alsace, the son of a pastor, Gire artfully describes Schweitzer's studies in theology, philosophy, and music, and his eventual calling to aid the people of Lambarene. Schweitzer's work among the sufferers of malaria, sleeping sickness, and leprosy is especially poignant considering the extreme difficulties of working with impoverished people in the rain forest of equatorial Africa in the early 1900s. Schweitzer gave more than 50 years of service, enduring two world wars and eventually dying in the place he had grown to love. VERDICT The addition of fictional characters and dialog makes this more of a story than a serious research piece on Schweitzer, but general readers who enjoy a popular approach to Christian spiritual narrative will enjoy this.--Holly Hebert, Brentwood P.L., TN

      Copyright 2013 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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