Chapter Note: Karl Schwarz on Gerhard Kittel
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 4 (December 2021) Chapter Note: Karl Schwarz on Gerhard Kittel By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University (Emeritus) “Sie haben [. . .] geholfen, den nationalistischen Einbruch in unsere Kirche abzuwehren.” Anmerkungen zu…
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 Martin Niemöller, Gedanken über den Weg der christlichen Kirche
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,…
Conference Report: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte Conference, Lund, Sweden, September 25-26, 2019
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 4 (December 2019) Conference Report: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte Conference, Lund, Sweden, September 25-26, 2019 By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University (retired) Professor Anders Jarlert of Lund University in Sweden hosted an international conference…
Review of Matthew D. Hockenos, Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor who Defied the Nazis
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 Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Für ein artgemässes Christentum der Tat: Völkische Theologen im “Dritten Reich”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 2 (June 2018) Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Für ein artgemässes Christentum der Tat: Völkische Theologen im “Dritten Reich”, Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 2016, 329 pp. By Robert P. Ericksen,…
Review of Mark Edward Ruff, The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany, 1945-1980
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Review of Mark Edward Ruff, The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany, 1945-1980 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017). Pp. 408. ISBN 9781107190665. Reviewed by Robert P. Ericksen Mark Edward…
Memories of John Conway (1929-2017)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) Memories of John Conway (1929-2017) By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University John Conway is known to all who contribute to or read this online journal as the energetic, knowledgeable,…
Conference Report: “Ecumenical Cooperation and World Politics”. The 2016 Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte/Contemporary Church History Conference
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 4 (December 2016) Conference Report: “Ecumenical Cooperation and World Politics”. The 2016 Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte/Contemporary Church History Conference, Helsinki, October 26-28, 2016 By Robert P. Ericksen On Oct. 26-28, 2016, Professors Aila Lauha and…
Conference Report: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte Meeting, 2015
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 1 (March 2016) Conference Report: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte Meeting, 2015 By Robert Ericksen “‘Ein neues Klima’: Rezeptionsgeschichte des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils in Ost- und Mitteleuropa” A conference took place on December 3-4, 2015 at…
Conference Report: “Resistance Revisited and Re-questioned: Church and Society in Scandinavia and Europe”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Conference Report: “Resistance Revisited and Re-questioned: Church and Society in Scandinavia and Europe” By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University A conference hosted by the Royal Academy of Literature, History, and…
Conference Report: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte Meeting, 2012
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Conference Report: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte Meeting, Emden, Germany, November 8-10, 2012 By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University On November 8-10, 2012, a conference took place under the title, “‘Befreier der Deutschen Seele:’…
Review of Manfred Gailus and Armin Nolzen, eds., Zerstrittene “Volksgemeinschaft”: Glaube, Konfession und Religion im Nationalsozialismus
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2012 Review of Manfred Gailus and Armin Nolzen, eds., Zerstrittene “Volksgemeinschaft”: Glaube, Konfession und Religion im Nationalsozialismus (Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 2011). By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University “Woran glaubten die Menschen im…
Conference Announcement: 5th Annual Powell and Heller Family Conference on Holocaust Education, Pacific Lutheran University
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2011 Conference Announcement: 5th Annual Powell and Heller Family Conference on Holocaust Education, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, March 8-9, 2012. By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University Bob Ericksen would like to announce that…