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Preaching in Hitler’s Shadow: Sermons of Resistance in the Third Reich is unavailable, but you can change that!

A revealing window into Christian opposition inside Nazi Germany. What did German preachers opposed to Hitler say in their Sunday sermons? When proclaiming Christ could cost a pastor his life, what words encouraged and challenged him and his congregation? Preaching in Hitler’s Shadow begins with an extended exploration of preaching inside the Third Reich that enables readers to better...

Although Christians today are horrified that the Nazis tried to sever Jesus from his Jewish heritage, there was a particular group of Christians in Germany who welcomed and encouraged the idea that they could believe in Jesus without having to accept his Jewishness, humility, or virtues. While it should have been obvious that there was no real compromise between Christianity and Nazism, that did not stop some from trying to mix the two into a new Germanic gospel. Those
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