This book, solidly documented and clearly written, retraces the action and the reflection of the spiritual resistance led by Pierre Chaillet, who courageously and effectively opposes the pagan religion that is fundamentally Nazism. This fascinating and too little-known story sheds light on the past and gives food for thought for the present.

A fascinating and deeply researched exploration of Nazi efforts to redefine Christianity and of the resistance mounted by both Protestant and Catholic thinkers to their hateful doctrines.

Kathleen Burton's book, with its thorough historical and theological investigation, opens a window to the hitherto underestimated religious facet of Nazi Germany--the so-called Positive Christianity--as well as to the French resistance to it, which drew upon apparently the same religious source, Christianity. Readers concerned with the role of religion in politics will find it particularly appealing that the book furnishes a compelling case about how a dominant religion was co-opted for oppression while being simultaneously mobilized to defy the oppression. A dictum of the destiny of religion throughout human history is therefore reaffirmed: religion generates hope amid ambiguities.