Introduction
Confessional conflict in German history
Politics in defeat: the organizational beginnings of Christian democracy
Christian democratic organization beyond the British zone: priests, Protestants, patriarchy
Secularism, materialism, and rechristianization: the construction of a Christian democratic ideology
Antimaterialism applied: ideological positions in the early CDU
Christian democracy in practice: economic discourse and policy
The CDU in council: forging economic and cultural policy
Christian democracy and confessional culture in the Federal Republic
Conclusion.