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:…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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:’…
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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…