For the Soul of the People: Protestant Protest against Hitler
A major study of the Confessing Church, the faction that fought against the Nazification of German Protestantism. Based on over 60 interviews conducted during the 1980s with leading members o f the Confessing Church, including Martin Niemoeller and Helmut Gollwitzer, this book is also the first analysis of the role of women in the Confessing Church and their battle for ordination. "The book offers a thorough and insightful picture of the churches in Nazi Germany. Combining the personal memories drawn from oral histories with archival research of church documents, Barnett has written a masterful work of history. Most important, the book is written in a vivid style that brings to life the complex moral dilemmas of the Third Reich." --Susannah Heschel, author of The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany