La “veneración de la vida”, consecuencia de una conducta activa, constituye el principio de la religión de Schweitzer y la inspiración de su actividad al servicio de la humanidad. Él mismo ha hecho notar los puntos de contacto de sus concepciones con la espiritualidad de algunas de las grandes religiones orientales, como el hinduismo y el budismo, con las cuales coinciden en la "veneración de la vida" pero de la que se apartan por una más neta ‘afirmación de la vida’ y del mundo, vinculada a la escatología cristiana.
Albert Schweitzer was born into an Alsatian family which for generations had been devoted to religion, music, and education. His father and maternal grandfather were ministers; both of his grandfathers were talented organists; many of his relatives were persons of scholarly attainments.
Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg. In 1913, having obtained his M.D. degree, he founded his hospital at Lambarene in French Equatorial Africa, but in 1917 he and his wife were sent to a French internment camp as prisoners of war. Released in 1918, Schweitzer spent the next six years in Europe, preaching in his old church, giving lectures and concerts.
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