Contents; Introduction; I: OMENS; 1. The Lost Empire; 2. The Weimar Years; 3. Nationalism, Nazism, and the Churches: The Early Period; II: THE CONFESSING CHURCH IN THE NAZI ERA; 4. Convictions and Conflicts; 5. Daily Life and Work; 6. The Murder of the Institutionalized Patients; 7. The Confessing Church and the Jews; 8. The War; III: RESISTANCE AND GUILT; 9. Reflections on Resistance; 10. "The Guilt of Others"; IV: "THE INABILITY TO MOURN"; 11. Postwar Germans and Their Church: Rebirth or Restoration?; 12. Political Developments and the East German Church
13. Political Issues and the West German Church14. Christian Faith and Political Vision in Germany; 15. Faith and the Fatherland; Notes; Sources and Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary
This volume explores the dramatic struggle between Nazism and the German Confessing Church - a group of outraged Christians who sought to establish a church untainted by Nazi ideology. The author's research included interviews with more than 60 Germans who were active in the Confessing Church
