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…
Shrill Bell Ringing
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 2 (June 2018) Shrill Bell Ringing With “Hitler Bells,” Protestant churches backed the “Führer.” Many still ring today. By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University This article…
John S. Conway: engaged skeptic and skeptical activist
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) John S. Conway: engaged skeptic and skeptical activist By Doris L. Bergen, University of Toronto This article was originally published in Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte 27 no. 1 (2014), and is reprinted here with…
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,…
Luther’s Evil Writings
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) Luther’s Evil Writings The reformer was not only anti-Jewish, but also antisemitic. So he was understood in the Nazi era, too. By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen,…
1933 as a Protestant Experience and the “Day of Potsdam”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 1/2 (June 2017) 1933 as a Protestant Experience and the “Day of Potsdam” By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Lecture at the joint meeting of the…
On the Confessing Church’s June 1936 Memorandum to Hitler
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) On the Confessing Church’s June 1936 Memorandum to Hitler By Matthew D. Hockenos, Skidmore College This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Confessing Church’s most courageous act of opposition…
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…
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…
Ferdinand Schlingensiepen and the Quest for the Historical Bonhoeffer
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) Ferdinand Schlingensiepen and the Quest for the Historical Bonhoeffer By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University The Quest for the Historical Bonhoeffer [1] In recent years, the field of Bonhoeffer studies has…