Letter from the Editors (December 2020)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 4 (December 2020) Letter from the Editors (December 2020) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, This is just a short note to explain that, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic…
Letter from the Editors (September 2020)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Letter from the Editors (September 2020) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, Once again it is a pleasure to offer you our newest series of articles, reviews, and notes…
Fierce Culture Wars Over Three Construction Projects in the German Capital Region
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Fierce Culture Wars Over Three Construction Projects in the German Capital Region By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dr. Manfred Gailus is an…
The Nazis and Religion: Digital Visual Resources for Research and Teaching
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) The Nazis and Religion: Digital Visual Resources for Research and Teaching By Samuel Koehne, Trinity Grammar School Given the continuing interruption that COVID-19 poses around the world, this review considers…
Review of Lucia Scherzberg, Zwischen Partei und Kirche: Nationalsozialistische Priester in Österreich und Deutschland (1938-1944)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Review of Lucia Scherzberg, Zwischen Partei und Kirche: Nationalsozialistische Priester in Österreich und Deutschland (1938-1944), Schriftreihe “Religion und Moderne” Band 20 (Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, 2020). 645 pages, 49,00,-…
Review of Manfred Gailus, Friedrich Weißler. Ein Jurist und bekennender Christ im Widerstand gegen Hitler
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Review of Manfred Gailus, Friedrich Weißler. Ein Jurist und bekennender Christ im Widerstand gegen Hitler (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Rupprecht, 2017). 316 pages, with illustrations and an appendix with documentation. ISBN…
Review of A Hidden Life, written and directed by Terrence Malick
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Review of A Hidden Life, written and directed by Terrence Malick (Fox Searchlight 2019) By Lauren Faulkner Rossi The Extraordinary Stance of an Ordinary Man Scholarship tells us that the…
Article Note: Jörg L. Spenkuch and Philipp Tillmann, “Elite Influence? Religion and the Electoral Success of the Nazis”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Article Note: Jörg L. Spenkuch and Philipp Tillmann, “Elite Influence? Religion and the Electoral Success of the Nazis,” American Journal of Political Science 62:1 (January 2018): 19-36. By Heath A….
Article Note: Ionuṭ Biliuṭă, “Fascism, Race, and Religion in Interwar Transylvania: The Case of Father Liviu Stan (1910–1973)”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Article Note: Ionuṭ Biliuṭă, “Fascism, Race, and Religion in Interwar Transylvania: The Case of Father Liviu Stan (1910–1973),” Church History 89:1 (March 2020): 101-124. By Heath A. Spencer, Seattle University…
Article Note: Thomas J. Kehoe, “The Reich Military Court and Its Values: Wehrmacht Treatment of Jehovah’s Witness Conscientious Objectors”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Article Note: Thomas J. Kehoe, “The Reich Military Court and Its Values: Wehrmacht Treatment of Jehovah’s Witness Conscientious Objectors,” Holocaust and Genocide Studies 33, no 3 (2019): 351-371. By Doris…
The German Bishops in the World War: The English Text
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) The German Bishops in the World War: The English Text In the March 2020 issue of Contemporary Church History Quarterly, we featured two analyses of the German Bishops Conference statement, “Deutsche…
Letter from the Editors (June 2020)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) Letter from the Editors (June 2020) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear friends, We are delighted, after several months of upheaval, to finally be able to publish a new issue…
Ordinary Men and Ordinary Bishops: The Catholic Church during the Second World War
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) Ordinary Men and Ordinary Bishops: The Catholic Church during the Second World War By Olaf Blaschke, University of Münster The following commentary examines the April 29, 2020, publication of “Deutsche Bischöfe…
“The German Catholic Bishops and the Second World War: A Historic Reappraisal”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) “The German Catholic Bishops and the Second World War: A Historic Reappraisal” By Mark Edward Ruff, Saint Louis University On May 8, 2020, the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender…