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Acknowledgements
Introduction

PART I. Three Portraits of the Modern Believer
Chapter 1. The Philosopher in Search of Truth
Imagining a New Religion
The Spiritual Pastor
Care for the Soul of the Nation
“She Formed Me”

Chapter 2. The Architect Creating for the Ages
Finding a Path in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
Caught between Prague, Vienna, and Ljubljana
The Professor as Spiritual Mentor
Cubists and Monument Builders

Chapter 3. The Social Worker Longing to Serve
Discovering Faith and Vocation
Looking to America
From Jan Hus to Clean Underwear
Building Her House on the Rocks

PART II. Czechoslovakia under the Perspective of Eternity
Chapter 4. The House of Masaryk and the Moral Republic
The Philosopher as President
The House of Masaryk and Managed Democracy
The President’s Conscience
A Fortress of the Mighty God

Chapter 5. The Moral Republic and Its Discontents
Dissonant Voices in the Castle
Catholic Intellectuals and the “Culture War”
Masaryk’s Message Is Our Message
Mysterious Stones at the Castle

Chapter 6. Building Cathedrals in Modern Prague
Religious Institutions and Masaryk’s Civil Religion
Faith, Truth, and the Culture of the Republic
The Blasphemies of Jaroslav Durych
A Cathedral for the Modern Nation

Chapter 7. The War of the Absolute
Convictions of the President-Liberator
Reigniting the Culture War
T. G. Masaryk—Mortal and Immortal

Conclusion

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