Public Lecture: On the Side of the Disenfranchised and the Weak: The Office of Pastor Grüber (1938-1940)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 1 (March 2016) Public Lecture: On the Side of the Disenfranchised and the Weak: The Office of Pastor Grüber (1938-1940) By Hartmut Ludwig, Humboldt University, Berlin; translated by John S. Conway, University of…
Call for Papers: Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 1 (March 2016) Call for Papers: Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations is the journal of the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations and is published by the Center for Christian-Jewish…
The Quincentennial Commemoration of the Protestant Reformation in Secularized Germany
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) The Quincentennial Commemoration of the Protestant Reformation in Secularized Germany By Hartmut Lehmann Germany is one of the most secularized countries of Europe and in fact of the world. In…
Response to William Doino Jr. and the Film Lo vuole il Papa
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 3 (September 2015) Response to William Doino Jr. and the Film Lo vuole il Papa By Susan Zuccotti, Independent Scholar In the June 2015 edition of the Contemporary Church History Quarterly, William Doino…
Papal Rescue in Wartime Rome: A New Documentary and Commentaries
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 2 (June 2015) Papal Rescue in Wartime Rome: A New Documentary and Commentaries By William Doino Jr. On April 1st, a documentary was televised in Italy entitled, “Lo vuole il Papa” (The Pope Wants…
Review of Hans-Joachim Döring and Michael Haspel, eds., Lothar Kreyssig und Walter Grundmann. Zwei kirchenpolitische Protagonisten des 20. Jahrhunderts in Mitteldeutschland
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Review of Hans-Joachim Döring and Michael Haspel, eds., Lothar Kreyssig und Walter Grundmann. Zwei kirchenpolitische Protagonisten des 20. Jahrhunderts in Mitteldeutschland (Weimar: Wartburg Verlag, 2014). 132 Pp., ISBN 9783861602520. By…
Review of Caroline Moorehead, Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Review of Caroline Moorehead, Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France (Toronto: Random House Canada, 2014), 374 Pp., ISBN 9780307363084. By Stephanie Corazza, University of Toronto Scholars of…
Review of Hilary Earl and Karl A. Schleunes, eds., Lessons and Legacies, Volume XI: Expanding Perspectives on the Holocaust in a Changing World
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Review of Hilary Earl and Karl A. Schleunes, eds., Lessons and Legacies, Volume XI: Expanding Perspectives on the Holocaust in a Changing World (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2014). Xxii…
Call for Papers: Jewish/non-Jewish Relations from Antiquity to the Present, University of Southampton, 7-9 September 2015
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Call for Papers: Jewish/non-Jewish Relations from Antiquity to the Present, University of Southampton, 7-9 September 2015 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Parkes Library at the University of…
Review of J. J. Carney, Rwanda Before the Genocide: Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 4 (December 2014) Review of J. J. Carney, Rwanda Before the Genocide: Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era (New York: Oxford University Press 2014), Xi + 343 Pp., ISBN 978-0-19-998227-1….
Review of Dietrich von Hildebrand, My Battle Against Hitler: Faith, Truth, and Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 4 (December 2014) Review of Dietrich von Hildebrand, My Battle Against Hitler: Faith, Truth, and Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich, Translated and Edited by John Henry Crosby with John F. Crosby (New York:…
Reflection on Pastor Christian Führer of the Nikolai Church in Leipzig
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 3 (September 2014) Reflection on Pastor Christian Führer of the Nikolai Church in Leipzig By Roger Newell, George Fox University Pastor Christian Führer of the Nikolai Church in Leipzig, the founding organizer of the famous…
Letter from the Editors: June 2014
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 2 (June 2014) Letter from the Editors: June 2014 By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University College Dear Friends, Once again I have the privilege of introducing a new issue of reviews and notes on contemporary church…
15,000 days in the Life of a Bishop: Long-Term Project Prepares an On-Line Edition of the Diaries of Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, Archbishop of Munich
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 2 (June 2014) 15,000 days in the Life of a Bishop: Long-Term Project Prepares an On-Line Edition of the Diaries of Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, Archbishop of Munich By Hubert Wolf, University of Münster [1]…
Memorial Speech: Dr. Margot Kaessmann on the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Dr. Elisabeth Schmitz
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 1 (March 2014) Memorial Speech: Dr. Margot Kaessmann on the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Dr. Elisabeth Schmitz By Margot Kaessmann On 17 December 2013, the City of Berlin and the Evangelical…