In Through the Lens of Humanity we are invited to accompany Mark Anderson on his humanitarian and spiritual journeys into a world of unfamiliar countries and cultures, where the marvels of beauty and shared community often clash with unspeakable tragedies of poverty, war and intolerance.

Drawn from Anderson’s own experiences, we are privy to conversations with some of the most notable humanitarian icons of the 20th and 21st centuries—Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, and through the remembrances of Dr. Margrietha van der Kreek, Dr. Albert Schweitzer of Lambarene, Gabon, Central Africa.

Anderson’s personal reflections are compelling and powerful as he

describes medical mission journeys to desolate Africa to deliver an

ambulance to a remote mission hospital and lead a youth mission trip

to a distant and isolated African village in Zambia. And his accounts of visits to war-torn Sarajevo and Kabul, Afghanistan to deliver much

needed medical supplies and to help provide medical education and

training to Afghanistan’s medical professionals to combat the world’s highest maternal and infant death rates are searing examples of the

immensity of human challenge in many parts of the world.

Through the Lens of Humanity pays tribute to the spirit of adventure and offers tales of the radiance of the human spirit within all of us as it also reminds us of how much work still needs to be done if ours is to be a more decent and humane world.

 Publication Date: January 15, 2024

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About the Author

Dr. Mark Anderson is a health administrator whose career has encompassed senior executive roles in prominent hospitals, academic health centers, and renowned global health and health education organizations. He holds master’s and doctorate degrees in Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a master’s degree in Theology from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. His many travels have provided him with a bird’s-eye view of life for those living in remote, developing, and war-torn countries, and has brought him face to face with several of the leading humanitarians of our day. His debut memoir, Through the Lens of Humanity, recounts both his halcyon and harried journeys as he pursued his life-long wanderlust. It reflects on who we are and who we can be as humans for ourselves and others. Dr. Anderson was born in Alabama and lives in Illinois and Arizona.