ific ▁author , ▁with ▁ 1 5 ▁books ▁and ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁articles ▁to ▁his ▁credit . ▁Perhaps ▁his ▁most ▁widely ▁read ▁book ▁was ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁religious - the ological ▁journey . ▁In ▁Sh ant ung ▁Comp ound : ▁The ▁Story ▁of ▁Men ▁and ▁Women ▁Under ▁Press ure ▁( 1 9 6 6 ), ▁Gil key ▁narr ates ▁his ▁departure ▁from ▁the ▁liberal ▁Protest ant ▁belief ▁system ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁made ▁a ▁prisoner ▁of ▁war ▁in ▁the ▁" C ivil ian ▁Intern ment ▁Center " ▁near ▁We ih s ien ▁for ▁two - and - a - half ▁years ▁( 1 9 4 3 – 1 9 4 5 ). ▁ ▁This ▁experience ▁was ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁his ▁modern ▁interpretation ▁of ▁classical ▁Re formation ▁ins ights ▁about ▁individual ▁and ▁soci etal ▁est r ang ement ▁and ▁self - del usion . ▁Gil key ' s ▁new ▁the ology ▁of ▁history ▁re th ought ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁traditional ▁views ▁on ▁sin , ▁free ▁will , ▁prov idence , ▁grace , ▁es chat ology ▁and ▁sec ular ▁history . ▁ ▁Gil key ▁once ▁respond ed ▁to ▁fellow ▁the olog ian ▁Ed gar ▁Bright man , ▁who ▁believed ▁in ▁God ▁because ▁man ' s ▁history ▁( to ▁him ) ▁represented ▁steady ▁moral ▁progress , ▁saying ▁" I ▁believe ▁in ▁God , ▁because ▁to ▁me , ▁history ▁precisely ▁does ▁not ▁represent ▁such ▁a ▁progress ." ▁ ▁Gil key ▁was ▁respect ed ▁academ ically ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁Rein