Timothy Verhoeven is Associate Professor in the history program at Monash University, Australia

‘Timothy Verhoeven carves out an original space in the literature on gender and religion in modern France. In place of the familiar schema of female religiosity confronting male disbelief, Verhoeven offers us a rich, complex account of male religious devotion. Religious masculinity deftly examines Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish communities with a keen eye not only to their differences, but also to their similarities. Readers will finish this book with a new appreciation for the creativity and vitality of piety in modern France.’—Carol E. Harrison, Professor of History, University of South Carolina

• Introduction1 The sceptical sex? The problem of male piety in the Third Republic2 ‘Be interesting!’: Evangelizing men in the era of the ralliement3 Virile hearts: Faith, heroism and masculinity at home and abroad4 ‘A serious case, of a sort that is unfortunately all too common’: Clerical sexual abuse and the culture wars5 ‘We must have men’: The challenge of disestablishment6 ‘We will get them’: Religion and masculinity in the trenches7 ‘A formidable instrument of propaganda’: Memory and technology in the interwar yearsConclusion

Timothy Verhoeven is Associate Professor in the history program at Monash University, Australia

‘Timothy Verhoeven carves out an original space in the literature on gender and religion in modern France. In place of the familiar schema of female religiosity confronting male disbelief, Verhoeven offers us a rich, complex account of male religious devotion. Religious masculinity deftly examines Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish communities with a keen eye not only to their differences, but also to their similarities. Readers will finish this book with a new appreciation for the creativity and vitality of piety in modern France.’—Carol E. Harrison, Professor of History, University of South Carolina

• Introduction1 The sceptical sex? The problem of male piety in the Third Republic2 ‘Be interesting!’: Evangelizing men in the era of the ralliement3 Virile hearts: Faith, heroism and masculinity at home and abroad4 ‘A serious case, of a sort that is unfortunately all too common’: Clerical sexual abuse and the culture wars5 ‘We must have men’: The challenge of disestablishment6 ‘We will get them’: Religion and masculinity in the trenches7 ‘A formidable instrument of propaganda’: Memory and technology in the interwar yearsConclusion