Review of Avraham Burg, The Holocaust Is Over. We Must Rise From Its Ashes
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 2, June 2012 Review of Avraham Burg, The Holocaust Is Over. We Must Rise From Its Ashes. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), 253 pp. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Twenty years ago Avraham Burg…
Review of Bryn Geffert, Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans: Diplomacy, Theology, and the Politics of Interwar Ecumenism
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 2, June 2012 Review of Bryn Geffert, Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans: Diplomacy, Theology, and the Politics of Interwar Ecumenism (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010), 501 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0-268-02975-3. By John S. Conway,…
Review of Mark Jantzen, Mennonite German Soldiers: Nation, Religion, and Family in the Prussian East, 1772-1880
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 2, June 2012 Review of Mark Jantzen, Mennonite German Soldiers: Nation, Religion, and Family in the Prussian East, 1772-1880 (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010). By Robert Beachy, Goucher College Mark Jantzen’s study…
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…
Review of Martin Greschat, Protestantismus im Kalten Krieg. Kirche, Politik und Gesellschaft im geteilten Deutschland 1945-1963
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2012 Review of Martin Greschat, Protestantismus im Kalten Krieg. Kirche, Politik und Gesellschaft im geteilten Deutschland 1945-1963 (Paderborn: Schöningh Verlag, 2010), 450 Pp., ISBN 978-3-506-76806-3. By Manfred Gailus, Technische Universität, Berlin This review was first published…
Review of Friedrich Winter, Friedrich Schauer 1891-1958. Seelsorger – Bekenner – Christ im Widerstand
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2012 Review of Friedrich Winter, Friedrich Schauer 1891-1958. Seelsorger – Bekenner – Christ im Widerstand (Berlin: Wichern Verlag, 2011), 215 Pp., ISBN 978-3-85981-326-8. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Friedrich Schauer was…
Review of S. J. D. Green, The Passing of Protestant England: Secularisation and Social Change, c. 1920-1960
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2012 Review of S. J. D. Green, The Passing of Protestant England: Secularisation and Social Change, c. 1920-1960 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 333 Pp., ISBN 978-0-521-83977-8. By Andrew Chandler, George Bell Institute, University…
Review of Eugene J. Fisher and Leon Kleinicki, eds., The Saint for Shalom: How Pope John Paul II Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations: The Complete Texts 1979-2005
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2012 Review of Eugene J. Fisher and Leon Kleinicki, eds., The Saint for Shalom: How Pope John Paul II Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations: The Complete Texts 1979-2005. A Publication of the Anti-Defamation League (New York:…
Review of Eberhard Busch, The Barmen Theses Then and Now
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2011 Review of Eberhard Busch, The Barmen Theses Then and Now (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010), ISBN 9780802866172. By Matthew Hockenos, Skidmore College Eberhard Busch, a Reformed theologian and pastor as well as a former student and assistant…
Review of Ulrich Bräuel und Stefan Samerski, eds., Ein Bischof vor Gericht: Der Prozeß gegen den Danziger Bischof Carl Maria Splett 1946
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2011 Review of Ulrich Bräuel und Stefan Samerski, eds., Ein Bischof vor Gericht: Der Prozeß gegen den Danziger Bischof Carl Maria Splett 1946 (Osnabrück: fibre Verlag, 2005), 313pp. ISBN: 3-929759-98-5. By Diana Jane Beech, University of…
Review of Daniel Heinz, ed., Freikirchen und Juden im “Dritten Reich”: Instrumentalisierte Heilsgeschichte, antisemitische Vorurteile und verdrängte Schuld
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2011 Review of Daniel Heinz, ed., Freikirchen und Juden im “Dritten Reich”: Instrumentalisierte Heilsgeschichte, antisemitische Vorurteile und verdrängte Schuld (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck &Ruprecht, 2011), 344pp. ISBN: 978-3-89971-690-0. By Rebecca Carter-Chand, University of Toronto This volume…
Review of Margaret Ford, ed., An Evangelical Family Revealed: The Bickersteth & Monier-Williams Letters & Diaries 1880-1918
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2011 Review of Margaret Ford, ed., An Evangelical Family Revealed: The Bickersteth & Monier-Williams Letters & Diaries 1880-1918 (York: Ford Publishing, 2010), ISBN 9780956721808. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Ecclesiastical biographies are no…
Review of Roger P. Minert, In Harm’s Way. East German Latter-day Saints in World War II
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2011 Review of Roger P. Minert, In Harm’s Way. East German Latter-day Saints in World War II (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009) 545 pp. ISBN 878-0-8425-2746-0. By John S. Conway, University of…
Review of Anders Gerdmar, Roots of Theological Anti-Semitism: German Biblical Interpretation and the Jews, from Herder and Semler to Kittel and Bultmann
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2011 Review of Anders Gerdmar, Roots of Theological Anti-Semitism: German Biblical Interpretation and the Jews, from Herder and Semler to Kittel and Bultmann. Studies in Jewish History and Culture, Vol. 20 (Leiden, Boston:…
Review of Manfred Gailus, Mir aber zerriss es das Herz. Der stille Widerstand der Elisabeth Schmitz
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2011 Review of Manfred Gailus, Mir aber zerriss es das Herz. Der stille Widerstand der Elisabeth Schmitz (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010), ISBN: 978-3525550083. By Victoria Barnett, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The individuals…