Letter from the Editors (December 2017)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Letter from the Editors (December 2017) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, As the Advent season is once again upon us, the editors are pleased to publish a new…
Review of Mark Edward Ruff, The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany, 1945-1980
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Review of Mark Edward Ruff, The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany, 1945-1980 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017). Pp. 408. ISBN 9781107190665. Reviewed by Robert P. Ericksen Mark Edward…
Review of Joachim Negel and Karl Pinggéra, eds., Urkatastrophe. Die Erfahrung des Krieges 1914-1918 im Spiegel zeitgenössischer Theologie
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Review of Joachim Negel and Karl Pinggéra, eds., Urkatastrophe. Die Erfahrung des Krieges 1914-1918 im Spiegel zeitgenössischer Theologie (Freiburg: Herder, 2016). Pp. 540. ISBN 9783451328510. Heath A. Spencer, Seattle University…
Review of Lee B. Spitzer, Baptists, Jews, and the Holocaust: The Hand of Sincere Friendship
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Review of Lee B. Spitzer, Baptists, Jews, and the Holocaust: The Hand of Sincere Friendship (Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 2017). Pg. xiv + 482. ISBN: 9780817017828. By Kyle Jantzen,…
Review of Kevin P. Spicer and Martina Cucchiara, eds. and trans., The Evil that Surrounds Us: The WWII Memoir of Erna Becker-Kohen
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Review of Kevin P. Spicer and Martina Cucchiara, eds. and trans., The Evil that Surrounds Us: The WWII Memoir of Erna Becker-Kohen (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2017). Pp. 161….
Article Note: Andrew H. Beattie, “‘Lobby for the Nazi Elite’? The Protestant Churches and Civilian Internment in the British Zone of Occupied Germany, 1945–1948”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Article Note: Andrew H. Beattie, “‘Lobby for the Nazi Elite’? The Protestant Churches and Civilian Internment in the British Zone of Occupied Germany, 1945–1948,” German History 35, no. 1 (2017):…
Article Note: Ion Popa, “Sanctuary from the Holocaust? Roman Catholic Conversion of Jews in Bucharest, Romania, 1942”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Article Note: Ion Popa, “Sanctuary from the Holocaust? Roman Catholic Conversion of Jews in Bucharest, Romania, 1942,” Holocaust and Genocide Studies 29, no 1 (Spring 2015): 39-56. By Doris L….
Conference Report: “Protestant Institutions in Central Germany under National Socialist Rule”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Conference Report: “Protestant Institutions in Central Germany under National Socialist Rule,” Cecilienstift Halberstadt, September 28, 2017. By Dirk Schuster, Universität Potsdam This public workshop was jointly organized by the Chair…
Conference Report: “Religious Revivals in 19th and 20th century Germany”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Conference Report: “Religious Revivals in 19th and 20th century Germany,” German Studies Association, 2017 By Mark Edward Ruff, Saint Louis University Thirteen historians, religious studies scholars and literary specialists gathered…
Letter from the Editors (September 2017)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) Letter from the Editors (September 2017) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, The editors of Contemporary Church History Quarterly are delighted to present a new issue of articles, reviews, news, and…
John S. Conway: engaged skeptic and skeptical activist
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) John S. Conway: engaged skeptic and skeptical activist By Doris L. Bergen, University of Toronto This article was originally published in Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte 27 no. 1 (2014), and is reprinted here with…
Memories of John Conway (1929-2017)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) Memories of John Conway (1929-2017) By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University John Conway is known to all who contribute to or read this online journal as the energetic, knowledgeable,…
Luther’s Evil Writings
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) Luther’s Evil Writings The reformer was not only anti-Jewish, but also antisemitic. So he was understood in the Nazi era, too. By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen,…
Review of Harry Oelke, Wolfgang Kraus, et. al., eds., Martin Luthers “Judenschriften”. Die Rezeption im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) Review of Harry Oelke, Wolfgang Kraus, et. al., eds., Martin Luthers “Judenschriften”. Die Rezeption im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016), 338 Pp. ISBN: 978-3-525-55789-1. By Christopher Probst, Washington…
Review of Stiftung Topographie des Terrors and Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, eds., “Überall Luthers Worte …” – Martin Luther im Nationalsozialismus
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) Review of Stiftung Topographie des Terrors and Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, eds., “Überall Luthers Worte …” – Martin Luther im Nationalsozialismus (Berlin: Stiftung Topographie des Terrors, 2017). 271 Pp., ISBN 978-3-941772-33-5….