Article Note: Thomas Brodie, “The German Catholic Diaspora in the Second World War”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 3 (September 2016) Article Note: Thomas Brodie, “The German Catholic Diaspora in the Second World War,” German History 33, no. 1 (March 2015): 80-99. By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Thomas Brodie of Jesus College,…
Book Note: Ian Kershaw, To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 3 (September 2016) Book Note: Ian Kershaw, To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949 (London: Penguin Books, 2015), Pp. 593, ISBN: 9780713990898. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Despite its theologically-sounding title, this…
Conference Report: “Not Without the Old Testament”: The Importance of the Hebrew Bible for Christianity and Judaism, French Church of Friedrichstadt, Berlin, 8-10 December 2015
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 3 (September 2016) Conference Report: “Not Without the Old Testament”: The Importance of the Hebrew Bible for Christianity and Judaism, French Church of Friedrichstadt, Berlin, 8-10 December 2015 By Gerhard Naber, Nordhorn, and…
Conference Report: Faith and the First World War, University of Glasgow, 21-23 July 2016
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 3 (September 2016) Conference Report: Faith and the First World War, University of Glasgow, 21-23 July 2016 By Geoff Jackson, Ambrose University In late July, I had the opportunity to participate in the…
Film Note: Nazi Law: Legally Blind (2016)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 3 (September 2016) Film Note: Nazi Law: Legally Blind (2016) By Christopher Probst, Washington University in St. Louis, University College In post-WWI Germany, law had been a most respected entity, with the country thriving thanks…
Letter from the Editors (June 2016)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) Letter from the Editors (June 2016) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Greetings friends, As summer unfolds, we are pleased to issue our newest edition of the Contemporary Church History Quarterly. It…
On the Confessing Church’s June 1936 Memorandum to Hitler
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) On the Confessing Church’s June 1936 Memorandum to Hitler By Matthew D. Hockenos, Skidmore College This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Confessing Church’s most courageous act of opposition…
Review of Tetyana Pavlush, Kirche nach Auschwitz zwischen Theologie und Vergangenheitspolitik
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) Review of Tetyana Pavlush, Kirche nach Auschwitz zwischen Theologie und Vergangenheitspolitik: Die Auseinandersetzung der evangelischen Kirchen beider deutscher Staaten mit der Judenvernichtung im “Dritten Reich” im politsch-gesellschaftlichen Kontext (Frankfurt: Peter Lang…
Review of Mary M. Solberg, ed. and trans., A Church Undone: Documents from the German Christian Faith Movement, 1932-1940
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) Review of Mary M. Solberg, ed. and trans., A Church Undone: Documents from the German Christian Faith Movement, 1932-1940 (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015). Pp. 486. ISBN 9781451464726. By John S….
Review of Peter Itzen, Streitbare Kirche: Die Church of England vor den Herausforderungen des Wandels 1945-1990
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) Review of Peter Itzen, Streitbare Kirche: Die Church of England vor den Herausforderungen des Wandels 1945-1990 (Baden Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2013). Pp. 437. ISBN 9783832966089. By John S. Conway, University…
Review of Lucian N. Leustean, The Ecumenical Movement & the Making of the European Community
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) Review of Lucian N. Leustean, The Ecumenical Movement & the Making of the European Community (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014). Pp. 286. ISBN 9780198714569. By John S. Conway, University of…
Article Note: Ján Liguš, “Obedience or Resistance: The Legacy of Bonhoeffer”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) Article Note: Ján Liguš, “Obedience or Resistance: The Legacy of Bonhoeffer,” European Journal of Theology 24:2 (2015), 173-182. By Heath Spencer, Seattle University In this article, Ján Liguš offers a…
Article Note: Samuel Koehne, “The Racial Yardstick: ‘Ethnotheism’ and Official Nazi Views on Religion”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) Article Note: Samuel Koehne, “The Racial Yardstick: ‘Ethnotheism’ and Official Nazi Views on Religion,” German Studies Review 37, no. 3 (2014): 575–596. By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Over the past…
Program Announcement: Early Career German-American Bonhoeffer Research Network
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) Program Announcement: Early Career German-American Bonhoeffer Research Network The Bonhoeffer Chair in Theology and Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, New York, is pleased to announce a new research project: Early…