Research Report: Ben Goossen on Mennonites, Nazism, and the Holocaust
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Research Report: Ben Goossen on Mennonites, Nazism, and the Holocaust By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Since the publication of his widely acclaimed history of Mennonite identity, Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany…
Webinar Announcement: The Opening of the Pius XII Archive and Holocaust Research
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Webinar Announcement: The Opening of the Pius XII Archive and Holocaust Research By Suzanne Brown-Fleming, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The American Catholic Historical Association is holding a webinar entitled…
Call for Editors
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Call for Editors The editors of Contemporary Church History Quarterly would like to invite applications for up to five new positions on the editorial team. We would welcome scholars who…
Article Note: Jörg L. Spenkuch and Philipp Tillmann, “Elite Influence? Religion and the Electoral Success of the Nazis”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Article Note: Jörg L. Spenkuch and Philipp Tillmann, “Elite Influence? Religion and the Electoral Success of the Nazis,” American Journal of Political Science 62:1 (January 2018): 19-36. By Heath A….
Article Note: Ionuṭ Biliuṭă, “Fascism, Race, and Religion in Interwar Transylvania: The Case of Father Liviu Stan (1910–1973)”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Article Note: Ionuṭ Biliuṭă, “Fascism, Race, and Religion in Interwar Transylvania: The Case of Father Liviu Stan (1910–1973),” Church History 89:1 (March 2020): 101-124. By Heath A. Spencer, Seattle University…
Article Note: Thomas J. Kehoe, “The Reich Military Court and Its Values: Wehrmacht Treatment of Jehovah’s Witness Conscientious Objectors”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Article Note: Thomas J. Kehoe, “The Reich Military Court and Its Values: Wehrmacht Treatment of Jehovah’s Witness Conscientious Objectors,” Holocaust and Genocide Studies 33, no 3 (2019): 351-371. By Doris…
The German Bishops in the World War: The English Text
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) The German Bishops in the World War: The English Text In the March 2020 issue of Contemporary Church History Quarterly, we featured two analyses of the German Bishops Conference statement, “Deutsche…
News Note: “Campaign posters in ‘Luther country’ raise specter of anti-Semitism”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) News Note: “Campaign posters in ‘Luther country’ raise specter of anti-Semitism” By Christopher Probst, Washington University in St. Louis, University College Last September, religion scholar and journalist Ken Chitwood asked…
Research Note: Opening of the Vatican archives, 1939-1958 Period
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 4 (December 2019) Research Note: Opening of the Vatican archives, 1939-1958 Period By Suzanne Brown-Fleming, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum* On March 2, 2020, one of the most important Holocaust-related archives in the…
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…
Article Note: Rainer Decker, “Bischof Alois Hudal und die Judenrazzia in Rom am 16. Oktober 1943”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 4 (December 2019) Article Note: Rainer Decker, “Bischof Alois Hudal und die Judenrazzia in Rom am 16. Oktober 1943,” Römische Quartalschrift für Christliche Altertumskunde und Kirchengeschichte 113:3-4 (2018), 233-255. By Suzanne Brown-Fleming, United…
Conference Report: “Soldiers, Sex, Chaplains, and Horses: A Panel on the Wehrmacht in Honor of Gerhard L. Weinberg”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 4 (December 2019) Conference Report: “Soldiers, Sex, Chaplains, and Horses: A Panel on the Wehrmacht in Honor of Gerhard L. Weinberg,” German Studies Association, Portland, OR, October 2019. By Christina Matzen, University of…
Call for Applications: Confronting Difficult Issues around Religion and the Holocaust
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 4 (December 2019) Call for Applications: Confronting Difficult Issues around Religion and the Holocaust June 15–19, 2020 Application deadline: February 14, 2020 The Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust of the United…