Review of Wilhelm Damberg, ed., Soziale Strukturen und Semantiken des Religiösen im Wandel
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 2 (June 2013) Review of Wilhelm Damberg, ed., Soziale Strukturen und Semantiken des Religiösen im Wandel (Essen: Klartext, 2011), 224 Pp. Originally reviewed for H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online (H-German). By Lauren…
Review of Christopher J. Probst, Demonizing the Jews: Luther and the Protestant Church in Nazi Germany
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 1 (March 2013) Review of Christopher J. Probst, Demonizing the Jews: Luther and the Protestant Church in Nazi Germany (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2012), xiv + 251 Pp., ISBN 978-0-253-00098-9. By Kyle…
Review of the Internet website “Evangelischer Widerstand”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 1 (March 2013) Review of the Internet website “Evangelischer Widerstand,” http://evangelischer-widerstand.de. By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University College The interactive website “Evangelischer Widerstand” (www.evangelischer-widerstand.de) is a powerful presentation of the Protestant Christian resistance to…
Review of Sonya Grypma, China Interrupted. Japanese Internment and the Reshaping of a Canadian Missionary Community
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 1 (March 2013) Review of Sonya Grypma, China Interrupted. Japanese Internment and the Reshaping of a Canadian Missionary Community (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012), xvi + 305 Pp., ISBN 9781554586451. By…
Review of Frank J. Coppa, The Policies and Politics of Pope Pius XII: Between Diplomacy and Morality
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Review of Frank J. Coppa, The Policies and Politics of Pope Pius XII: Between Diplomacy and Morality (New York: Peter Lang, 2011). By Suzanne Brown-Fleming, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
Review of Andrew Chandler, ed., The Church and Humanity: The Life and Work of George Bell, 1883-1958
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Review of Andrew Chandler, ed., The Church and Humanity: The Life and Work of George Bell, 1883-1958. (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2012), Pp. xvi + 227, ISBN 978-14094-25564. By…
Review of Hildegard Frisius et al., eds., Evangelisch getauft – als Juden verfolgt. Spurensuche Berliner Kirchengemeinden
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Review of Hildegard Frisius, Marianne Kälberer, Wolfgang G. Krogel, Gerlind Lachenicht, Frauke Lemmel, eds., Evangelisch getauft – als Juden verfolgt. Spurensuche Berliner Kirchengemeinden (Berlin: Wichern–Verlag, 2008), 452 Pp. By Manfred Gailus, Technische…
Review of Sean Brennan, The Politics of Religion in Soviet-Occupied Germany: The Case of Berlin-Brandenburg, 1945-1949
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Review of Sean Brennan, The Politics of Religion in Soviet-Occupied Germany: The Case of Berlin-Brandenburg, 1945-1949 (New York, NY: Lexington Books, 2011), 235 Pp. By Beth A. Griech-Polelle, Bowling Green State…
Review of Norbert Friedrich, Uwe Kaminsky, and Roland Löffler, eds., The Social Dimension of Christian Missions in the Middle East. Historical studies of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Review of Norbert Friedrich, Uwe Kaminsky, and Roland Löffler, eds., The Social Dimension of Christian Missions in the Middle East. Historical studies of the 19th and 20th Centuries (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2010), 252…
Review of Andrew White, The Vicar of Baghdad: Fighting for Peace in the Middle East
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Review of Andrew White, The Vicar of Baghdad: Fighting for Peace in the Middle East (Oxford and Grand Rapids, MI: Monarch Books, 2009) 191 Pp., ISBN: 9781854248763. By John S. Conway, University…
Review of Daniel Heinz, ed., Freikirchen und Juden im Dritten Reich. Instrumentalisierte Heilsgeschichte, antisemitische Vorurteile und verdrängte Schuld
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Review of Daniel Heinz, ed., Freikirchen und Juden im Dritten Reich. Instrumentalisierte Heilsgeschichte, antisemitische Vorurteile und verdrängte Schuld. Kirche – Konfession – Religion, 54 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011), Pp….
Review of Florian Schmitz and Christiane Tietz, eds., Dietrich Bonhoeffers Christentum
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2012 Review of Florian Schmitz and Christiane Tietz, eds., Dietrich Bonhoeffers Christentum. Festschrift für Christian Gremmels (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlag, 2011), 432 Pp. ISBN 978-3-579-07142-8. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Dietrich Bonhoeffer…
Review of Uwe Puschner and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Die völkisch-religiöse Bewegung im Nationalsozialismus. Ein Beziehungs- und Konfliktgeschichte
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2012 Review of Uwe Puschner and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Die völkisch-religiöse Bewegung im Nationalsozialismus. Ein Beziehungs- und Konfliktgeschichte. Studien des Hannah Arendt Instituts für Totalitarismusforschung, 47 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012), 592 Pp….
Review of Hansjörg Buss, “Entjudete” Kirche: Die Lübecker Landeskirche zwischen christlichem Antijudaismus und völkischem Antisemitismus (1918-1950)
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2012 Review of Hansjörg Buss, “Entjudete” Kirche: Die Lübecker Landeskirche zwischen christlichem Antijudaismus und völkischem Antisemitismus (1918-1950). (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2011), 559 Pp. ISBN: 978-3-506-77014-1. By Christopher J. Probst, Saint Louis University Hansjörg Buss’s…
Review of Sascha Hinkel, Adolf Kardinal Bertram. Kirchenpolitik im Kaiserreich und in der Weimarer Republik
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2012 Review of Sascha Hinkel, Adolf Kardinal Bertram. Kirchenpolitik im Kaiserreich und in der Weimarer Republik. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Zeitgeschichte, Reihe B: Forschungen 117 (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2010), ISBN: 978-3-506-76871-1. By Lauren N. Faulkner, University of Notre…