Thomas Großbölting in Memorium
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) Thomas Großbölting in Memorium By Mark Edward Ruff, Saint Louis University The fields of German history and religious history suffered a devastating and irreplaceable loss on February 11, 2025. The…
Nachruf auf den Historiker Thomas Großbölting
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) Nachruf auf den Historiker Thomas Großbölting By Manfred Gailus, Technischen Universität Berlin Die Nachricht war ein schwerer Schock: Am 11. Februar stieß in Hamburg-Harburg ein ICE mit einem schwer beladenen…
“The New Testament is the most anti-Jewish book in the whole world.” Christian Antisemitism in the 20th Century
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) “The New Testament is the most anti-Jewish book in the whole world.” Christian Antisemitism in the 20th Century By Manfred Gailus, Technischen Universität Berlin; Translated by Lauren Faulkner Rossi, with the assistance…
The Rome Lectures: Father Marie-Benoît and the Path to Jewish-Christian Rapprochement
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 29, Number 1/2 (Summer 2023) Article: The Rome Lectures: Father Marie-Benoît and the Path to Jewish-Christian Rapprochement Suzanne Brown-Fleming, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Georgetown University This essay was originally published in Holocaust Education Today: Confronting…
The Old Picture Is No Longer Valid: Why the Time Is Ripe for a Reassessment of the Ecclesiastical Figure of the Century, Otto Dibelius
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 28, Number 1/2 (Spring/Summer 2022) The Old Picture Is No Longer Valid: Why the Time Is Ripe for a Reassessment of the Ecclesiastical Figure of the Century, Otto Dibelius By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of…
Public Lecture: “‘The Church is not Afraid of History’: The Opening of the Vatican Archives, 1939-1958”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Public Lecture: “‘The Church is not Afraid of History’: The Opening of the Vatican Archives, 1939-1958” By: Suzanne Brown-Fleming, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum This lecture, the Hal Israel Endowed…
Article: “Simultaneously Devout Christian and Antisemite: The Tübingen Theologian and ‘Jewish Researcher’ Gerhard Kittel”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Article: “Simultaneously Devout Christian and Antisemite: The Tübingen Theologian and ‘Jewish Researcher’ Gerhard Kittel” By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University This article was…
Fierce Culture Wars Over Three Construction Projects in the German Capital Region
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Fierce Culture Wars Over Three Construction Projects in the German Capital Region By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dr. Manfred Gailus is an…
The Nazis and Religion: Digital Visual Resources for Research and Teaching
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) The Nazis and Religion: Digital Visual Resources for Research and Teaching By Samuel Koehne, Trinity Grammar School Given the continuing interruption that COVID-19 poses around the world, this review considers…
Ordinary Men and Ordinary Bishops: The Catholic Church during the Second World War
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) Ordinary Men and Ordinary Bishops: The Catholic Church during the Second World War By Olaf Blaschke, University of Münster The following commentary examines the April 29, 2020, publication of “Deutsche Bischöfe…
“The German Catholic Bishops and the Second World War: A Historic Reappraisal”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) “The German Catholic Bishops and the Second World War: A Historic Reappraisal” By Mark Edward Ruff, Saint Louis University On May 8, 2020, the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender…
Was There a Religious Revival in the “Third Reich”?
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 4 (December 2019) Was There a Religious Revival in the “Third Reich”? By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University This article was originally published in Tagesspiegel, November…
The Great Silence: How the Churches Behaved When the Synagogues Burned in November 1938
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 4 (December 2018) The Great Silence: How the Churches Behaved When the Synagogues Burned in November 1938 By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University This article was…