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Review of Stiftung Kloster Dalheim, LWL-Landesmuseum für Klosterkultur, eds., Und vergib uns unsere Schuld? Kirchen und Klöster im Nationalsozialismus

Review of Stiftung Kloster Dalheim, LWL-Landesmuseum für Klosterkultur, eds., Und vergib uns unsere Schuld? Kirchen und Klöster im Nationalsozialismus

September 28, 2024 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 30 Number 3 (Fall 2024)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 30, Number 3 (Fall 2024) Review of Stiftung Kloster Dalheim, LWL-Landesmuseum für Klosterkultur, eds., Und vergib uns unsere Schuld? Kirchen und Klöster im Nationalsozialismus (Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2024). By Kevin P. Spicer, Stonehill College…

Review of Michael Brenner, In Hitler’s Munich: Jews, the Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism

Review of Michael Brenner, In Hitler’s Munich: Jews, the Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism

July 4, 2024 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 30 Number 2 (Summer 2024)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 30, Number 2 (Summer 2024) Review of Michael Brenner, In Hitler’s Munich: Jews, the Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism. Translated by Jeremiah Riemer. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2022). 378 pages, ISBN: 978-0-691-19103-4. By…

Review of Jonathan Huener, The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation. The Reichsgau Wartheland 1939-1945

Review of Jonathan Huener, The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation. The Reichsgau Wartheland 1939-1945

June 15, 2021 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 2 (June 2021)

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 Olaf Blaschke and Thomas Großbölting, eds., Was glaubten die Deutschen zwischen 1933 and 1945? Religion und Politik im Nationalsozialismus

Review of Olaf Blaschke and Thomas Großbölting, eds., Was glaubten die Deutschen zwischen 1933 and 1945? Religion und Politik im Nationalsozialismus

March 1, 2021 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 1 (March 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Review of Olaf Blaschke and Thomas Großbölting, eds., Was glaubten die Deutschen zwischen 1933 and 1945? Religion und Politik im Nationalsozialismus (Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, 2020). 540 pages. ISBN…

Review of Lucia Scherzberg, Zwischen Partei und Kirche: Nationalsozialistische Priester in Österreich und Deutschland (1938-1944)

Review of Lucia Scherzberg, Zwischen Partei und Kirche: Nationalsozialistische Priester in Österreich und Deutschland (1938-1944)

September 15, 2020 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 26 Number 3 (September 2020)

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 Karl-Joseph Hummel and Michael Kißener, eds., Catholics and Third Reich: Controversies and Debates

Review of Karl-Joseph Hummel and Michael Kißener, eds., Catholics and Third Reich: Controversies and Debates

September 1, 2019 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 25 Number 3 (September 2019)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 3 (September 2019) Review of Karl-Joseph Hummel and Michael Kißener, eds., Catholics and Third Reich: Controversies and Debates, translated by Christof Morrisey (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2018), 315 Pp., ISBN: 9783506787866. By Kevin P….

Review of Thomas Brodie, German Catholicism at War, 1939-1945

Review of Thomas Brodie, German Catholicism at War, 1939-1945

June 1, 2019 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 25 Number 2 (June 2019)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 2 (June 2019) Review of Thomas Brodie, German Catholicism at War, 1939-1945 (Oxford/NY: Oxford University Press, 2018), 288 Pp., ISBN: 9780198827023. By Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C., Stonehill College In German Catholicism at War,…

Review of Michael E. O’Sullivan, Disruptive Power: Catholic Women, Miracles, and Politics in Modern Germany, 1918-1945

Review of Michael E. O’Sullivan, Disruptive Power: Catholic Women, Miracles, and Politics in Modern Germany, 1918-1945

June 1, 2019 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 25 Number 2 (June 2019)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 2 (June 2019) Review of Michael E. O’Sullivan, Disruptive Power: Catholic Women, Miracles, and Politics in Modern Germany, 1918-1945 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018), 344 Pp., ISBN: 9781487503437. By Kevin P. Spicer,…

Review of Jeffrey T. Zalar, Reading and Rebellion in Catholic Germany, 1770-1914

Review of Jeffrey T. Zalar, Reading and Rebellion in Catholic Germany, 1770-1914

March 15, 2019 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 25 Number 1 (March 2019)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 1 (March 2019) Review of Jeffrey T. Zalar, Reading and Rebellion in Catholic Germany, 1770-1914 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press and the German Historical Institute, 2019). By Kevin P. Spicer, Stonehill College In 1984,…

Review of Richard Weikart, Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Belief that Drove the Third Reich

Review of Richard Weikart, Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Belief that Drove the Third Reich

June 27, 2017 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 23 Number 1/2 (June 2017)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 1/2 (June 2017) Review of Richard Weikart, Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Belief that Drove the Third Reich (Washington, D.C: Regnery History, 2016), 386 pages, ISBN: 978-1-62157-500-9. By Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C., Stonehill College…

Review of Thomas Forstner, Priester in Zeiten des Umbruchs. Identität und Lebenswelt des katholischen Pfarrklerus in Oberbayern 1918 bis 1945

Review of Thomas Forstner, Priester in Zeiten des Umbruchs. Identität und Lebenswelt des katholischen Pfarrklerus in Oberbayern 1918 bis 1945

June 1, 2014 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 20 Number 2 (June 2014)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 2 (June 2014) Review of Thomas Forstner, Priester in Zeiten des Umbruchs. Identität und Lebenswelt des katholischen Pfarrklerus in Oberbayern 1918 bis 1945 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014), 603 pp., ISBN: 978-3-525-55040-3. By Kevin…

Article Note: Nicholas Railton, “Escaping from Sodom: A Christian Jew Encounters German Antisemitism”

March 1, 2014 · by Kevin Spicer · in News and Notes, Volume 20 Number 1 (March 2014)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 1 (March 2014) Article Note: Nicholas Railton, “Escaping from Sodom: A Christian Jew Encounters German Antisemitism,” Journal of Ecclesiastical History 64 (2013): 787-826. By Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C., Stonehill College In his fascinating…

Review of Robert A. Ventresca, Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII

Review of Robert A. Ventresca, Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII

December 1, 2013 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 19 Number 4 (December 2013)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 4 (December 2013) Review of Robert A. Ventresca, Soldier of Christ:  The Life of Pope Pius XII (Cambridge, MA:  Harvard University Press, 2013), 405 pp. ISBN:  978-0-674-04961-1. By Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C., Stonehill College…

Research Note: New Works on German Roman Catholicism Published within 2012-2013

September 1, 2013 · by Kevin Spicer · in News and Notes, Volume 19 Number 3 (September 2013)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 3 (September 2013) Research Note: New Works on German Roman Catholicism Published within 2012-2013 By Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C., Stonehill College Keeping up with the ever-expanding literature on recent German church history remains…

Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025)

  • Letter from the Editors (Spring 2025)
  • Thomas Großbölting in Memorium
  • Nachruf auf den Historiker Thomas Großbölting
  • “The New Testament is the most anti-Jewish book in the whole world.” Christian Antisemitism in the 20th Century
  • Review of Alexander Lamprecht, Zwischen Seelsorge und Diktatur: Südtirols Kirche in der NS-Zeit
  • Review of Gerlinde von Westphalen, Lady Abbess. Benedicta von Spiegel—Politische Ordensfrau in der NS-Zeit
  • Film Review of Zwischen uns Gott, Directed by Rebecca Hirneise
  • Review of Andreas Pangritz, Die Schattenseite des Christentums. Theologie und Antisemitismus

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