The author embarks on a journey through Central Europe, portraying powerful figures of the Christian faith. These individuals shaped science and art, music and culture, politics and social reforms. They were fighters and prayerful souls, mystics and revolutionaries, Catholic or Protestant. They gave Europe a Christian identity. From Immanuel Kant in East Prussia to Nicholas of Cusa in South Tyrol, the journey spans the German-speaking world, with side trips to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, as well as Poland and the Czech Republic. Figures who created and influenced culture – such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Hildegard of Bingen, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Edith Stein – are presented alongside great role models of Christian living, including Elizabeth of Thuringia, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Ruth Pfau, Maximilian Kolbe, and many more.