The Christian Humanist ideas of six Catholic scholars who were based in Munich during the first half of the 20th century are profiled in this volume. They were all interested in presenting and defending a Christian humanism in the aftermath of German Idealism and the anti-Christian humanism of Friedrich Nietzsche. They were seeking to offer hope to Christians during the darkest years of the Nazi regime and the post-Second World War era of shame, guilt and reconstruction. Professor Rowland's text details a time-period lost and unknown to many of us who care about the history of Catholic theology, especially those of us who are in the Anglophone academic world. The stories of the contributions of these German theologians and their influence on the Second Vatican Council are fascinating. Rowland has done a great service in introducing us to these theologians with her text.