A portrait of the German pastor-theologian draws on new research to cover the 1930 visit to America that shaped his perspectives on faith and moral responsibility, his achievements as an anti-Nazi activist, and the plot against Hitler that would result in his execution.

Eternity's child -- "Italy is simply inexhaustible" -- University studies -- "Greetings from the matador" -- "Covered in the moss of tradition" -- "I heard the gospel preached in the Negro churches" -- "Under the constraint of grace" -- Theological storm troopers on the march -- Crying in the wilderness -- "A new kind of monasticism" -- "I must be a sojourner and a stranger" -- "Christmas amid the ruins" -- Killing the madman -- "The greatest of feasts on the journey to freedom."