Review of Carsten Linden and Craig Nessan, Paul Leo. Lutherischer Pastor mit jüdischen Wurzeln (1893–1958)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Review of Carsten Linden and Craig Nessan, Paul Leo. Lutherischer Pastor mit jüdischen Wurzeln (1893–1958) (Nordhausen: Traugott Bautz, 2019). 86 pages. ISBN 978-3-95948-453-4. By Dirk Schuster, University of Vienna /…
Review of John A. Moses, Anglicanism: Catholic Evangelical or Evangelical Catholic? Essays Ecumenical and Polemical. A Homage to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Küng, Martin Luther and John Henry Newman
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Review of John A. Moses, Anglicanism: Catholic Evangelical or Evangelical Catholic? Essays Ecumenical and Polemical. A Homage to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Küng, Martin Luther and John Henry Newman (Adelaide: ATF…
Webinar Announcement: The Holocaust-Era Archives of Pope Pius XII: The State of the Question
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Webinar Announcement: The Holocaust-Era Archives of Pope Pius XII: The State of the Question The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College, the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad…
Letter from the Editors (June 2021)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Letter from the Editors (June 2021) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, Once again, the editors of Contemporary Church History Quarterly are pleased to present a new issue of book reviews…
Review of Jonathan Huener, The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation. The Reichsgau Wartheland 1939-1945
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Jonathan Huener, The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation. The Reichsgau Wartheland 1939-1945 (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2021). 353 pages. Cloth $90.00, ISBN: 978-025305402-9; Paperback $42.00, ISBN:…
Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Christlicher Antisemitismus im 20. Jahrhundert: Der Tübinger Theologe und ‚Judenforscher‘ Gerhard Kittel
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Christlicher Antisemitismus im 20. Jahrhundert: Der Tübinger Theologe und ‚Judenforscher‘ Gerhard Kittel (Göttingen: V & R Unipress, 2020), 276pp. ISBN: 978-3-8471-0996-9. By…
Review of Traude Litzka, The Church’s Help for Persecuted Jews in Nazi Vienna
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Traude Litzka, The Church’s Help for Persecuted Jews in Nazi Vienna, trans. Gerda Joseph (Wien: LIT Verlag, 2018). 159 Pp. ISBN: 978-3-643-91036-3. By Beth A. Griech-Polelle, Pacific Lutheran…
Review of Ian Harker, Pearls before Swine: The Extraordinary Story of The Reverend Ernst Biberstein, Lutheran Pastor and Murder Squad Commander
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Ian Harker, Pearls before Swine: The Extraordinary Story of The Reverend Ernst Biberstein, Lutheran Pastor and Murder Squad Commander (Canterbury, UK: Holocaust Studies Center, 2017), 72 pp., ISBN:…
Review of Alexander Reynolds, To War Without Arms: The Journal of Reverend Alexander Reynolds, May – November 1944: The D-Day Diary of an Army Chaplain
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Alexander Reynolds, To War Without Arms: The Journal of Reverend Alexander Reynolds, May – November 1944: The D-Day Diary of an Army Chaplain, ed. Simon Trew (Devizes, UK:…
Webinar Note: The Opening of the Pius XII Archives and Holocaust Research
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Webinar Note: The Opening of the Pius XII Archives and Holocaust Research By Suzanne Brown-Fleming, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum On March 2, 2020, the multiple archives relating to the…
Webinar Note: Christian Nationalism – A Conversation
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Webinar Note: Christian Nationalism – A Conversation By Björn Krondorfer, Northern Arizona University At the time of this writing, the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville is battling for its…
Conference Report: Martin Niemöller und seine internationale Rezeption – Martin Niemöller and his international reception
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Conference Report: Martin Niemöller und seine internationale Rezeption – Martin Niemöller and his international reception, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, April 27-28, 2021 By Michael Heymel, Independent Scholar and Central Archives of the…
Letter from the Editors (March 2021)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Letter from the Editors (March 2021) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, After a hiatus in December 2020, the editorial team of Contemporary Church History Quarterly is pleased to offer…
Public Lecture: “‘The Church is not Afraid of History’: The Opening of the Vatican Archives, 1939-1958”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Public Lecture: “‘The Church is not Afraid of History’: The Opening of the Vatican Archives, 1939-1958” By: Suzanne Brown-Fleming, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum This lecture, the Hal Israel Endowed…
Article: “Simultaneously Devout Christian and Antisemite: The Tübingen Theologian and ‘Jewish Researcher’ Gerhard Kittel”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Article: “Simultaneously Devout Christian and Antisemite: The Tübingen Theologian and ‘Jewish Researcher’ Gerhard Kittel” By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University This article was…