Review of Martin Niemöller, Gedanken über den Weg der christlichen Kirche

June 15, 2020 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) Review of Martin Niemöller, Gedanken über den Weg der christlichen Kirche, eds. Alf Christophersen and Benjamin Ziemann (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2019). 268 pages. ISBN: 9783579085449. Reviewed by Robert P. Ericksen,…

Review of Rebecca Scherf, Evangelische Kirche und Konzentrationslager

June 15, 2020 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) Review of Rebecca Scherf, Evangelische Kirche und Konzentrationslager (1933 bis 1945) (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019). 296 pages. ISBN 978-3-525-57057-9. By Victoria J. Barnett, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Retired)…

Review of Gerhard Ringshausen and Andrew Chandler, eds., The George Bell-Gerhard Leibholz Correspondence: In the Long Shadow of the Third Reich, 1938-1958

June 15, 2020 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1 (March 2020) Review of Gerhard Ringshausen and Andrew Chandler, eds., The George Bell-Gerhard Leibholz Correspondence: In the Long Shadow of the Third Reich, 1938-1958 (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019). 476 pages. ISBN 978-1-4742-5766-4….

Letter from the Editors (December 2019)

December 1, 2019 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 4 (December 2019) Letter from the Editors (December 2019) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, Although this issue of Contemporary Church History Quarterly has been somewhat delayed, we believe the content will be worth…

Letter from the Editors (September 2019)

September 1, 2019 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 3 (September 2019) Letter from the Editors (September 2019) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to present the newest issue of reviews and notes related to contemporary…

“Understanding Twenty-first Century Christian Nationalism and Its Antecedents: A Scholarly Conversation”

September 1, 2019 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 3 (September 2019) “Understanding Twenty-first Century Christian Nationalism and Its Antecedents: A Scholarly Conversation” By Victoria J. Barnett, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (retired) and Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University (retired) The…

“Victoria Barnett’s Retirement from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum”

September 1, 2019 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 3 (September 2019) “Victoria Barnett’s Retirement from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum” By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University (retired) Victoria Barnett is familiar to many or most readers of CCHQ, at least…

Letter from the Editors (March 2019)

March 15, 2019 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 1 (March 2019) Letter from the Editors (March 2019) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, I am pleased to introduce you to our latest collection of reviews and informative notes relating to…

Review of Matthew D. Hockenos, Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor who Defied the Nazis

March 15, 2019 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 1 (March 2019) Review of Matthew D. Hockenos, Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor who Defied the Nazis (New York: Basic Books, 2018). 322 pp. ISBN: 978-0-465-09786-9. Reviewed by Robert…

Review of Roger J. Newell, Keine Gewalt! No Violence! How the Church Gave Birth to Germany’s Only Peaceful Revolution

March 15, 2019 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 1 (March 2019) Review of Roger J. Newell, Keine Gewalt! No Violence! How the Church Gave Birth to Germany’s Only Peaceful Revolution (Wipf & Stock, 2017), 212 pp. ISBN 978-1-5326-1282-4. By Andrew Chandler,…

Article Note: Challenges to “Christian Civilization” across Europe

March 15, 2019 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 1 (March 2019) Article Note: Challenges to “Christian Civilization” across Europe Paul Hanebrink, “European Protestants Between Anti-Communism and Anti-Totalitarianism: The Other Interwar Kulturkampf?” Journal of Contemporary History 53, no. 3 (2017), 622-43. Thomas…

Book Note: Against the Mainstream of the Hitler Era: The Wuppertal Reformed Theologian Helmut Hesse (1916-1943)

March 15, 2019 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 1 (March 2019) Book Note: Against the Mainstream of the Hitler Era: The Wuppertal Reformed Theologian Helmut Hesse (1916-1943) By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University The…

Letter from the Editors (December 2018)

December 1, 2018 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 4 (December 2018) Letter from the Editors (December 2018) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, As we enter into Advent 2018, the editors of Contemporary Church History Quarterly are pleased once again to…

New Research on Nazism and Christianity: David A. R. Clark

December 1, 2018 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 4 (December 2018) New Research on Nazism and Christianity: David A. R. Clark By David A. R. Clark, University of Toronto From time to time, the editors of Contemporary Church History Quarterly invite a…

Review of Wolfgang Thielmann, ed., Alternative für Christen? Die AfD und ihr gespaltenes Verhältnis zur Religion

September 1, 2018 · by

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 3 (September 2018) Review of Wolfgang Thielmann, ed., Alternative für Christen? Die AfD und ihr gespaltenes Verhältnis zur Religion (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2017). Pp. 192. ISBN: 978-3-7615-6439-4. By Heath Spencer, Seattle University This…