Agnostic in the Fellowship of Christ - The Ethical Mysticism of Albert Schweitzer

Lutheran theologian and Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) sought to redefine Christianity with a confession of faith for the modern world, declaring that: "I am an agnostic in the fellowship of Christ." This book reveals the reality of Schweitzer's Christian agnosticism for readers in theology and ethics.

List of contents

1. Ethical Mysticism
2. Bach and Aesthetics
3. Bach and Mysticism
4. Schweitzer as Preacher
5. On Knowing God
6. Pauline Christianity
7. Absolutism and Realism
8. At the Border-Crossing
9. The Cost of Discipleship

About the author

David K. Goodin is lecturer for the McGill School of Religious Studies, Professeur Associé at the Université Laval, Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe de Montréal, and instructor for the Pappas Patristic Institute at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.

Summary

Lutheran theologian and Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) sought to redefine Christianity with a confession of faith for the modern world, declaring that: “I am an agnostic in the fellowship of Christ.” This book reveals the reality of Schweitzer’s Christian agnosticism for readers in theology and ethics.

Product details

• Authors: David K. Goodin, Goodin David K.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781978701564
• ISBN: 978-1-978701-56-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Religious ethics, Philosophy of religion