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Review of Jonathan Huener, The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation. The Reichsgau Wartheland 1939-1945

Review of Jonathan Huener, The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation. The Reichsgau Wartheland 1939-1945

June 15, 2021 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 2 (June 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Jonathan Huener, The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation. The Reichsgau Wartheland 1939-1945 (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2021). 353 pages. Cloth $90.00, ISBN: 978-025305402-9; Paperback $42.00, ISBN:…

Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Christlicher Antisemitismus im 20. Jahrhundert: Der Tübinger Theologe und ‚Judenforscher‘ Gerhard Kittel

Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Christlicher Antisemitismus im 20. Jahrhundert: Der Tübinger Theologe und ‚Judenforscher‘ Gerhard Kittel

June 15, 2021 · by Christopher J. Probst · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 2 (June 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Christlicher Antisemitismus im 20. Jahrhundert: Der Tübinger Theologe und ‚Judenforscher‘ Gerhard Kittel (Göttingen: V & R Unipress, 2020), 276pp. ISBN: 978-3-8471-0996-9. By…

Review of Traude Litzka, The Church’s Help for Persecuted Jews in Nazi Vienna

Review of Traude Litzka, The Church’s Help for Persecuted Jews in Nazi Vienna

June 15, 2021 · by Beth A. Griech-Polelle · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 2 (June 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Traude Litzka, The Church’s Help for Persecuted Jews in Nazi Vienna, trans. Gerda Joseph (Wien: LIT Verlag, 2018). 159 Pp. ISBN: 978-3-643-91036-3. By Beth A. Griech-Polelle, Pacific Lutheran…

Review of Ian Harker, Pearls before Swine: The Extraordinary Story of The Reverend Ernst Biberstein, Lutheran Pastor and Murder Squad Commander

June 15, 2021 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 2 (June 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Ian Harker, Pearls before Swine: The Extraordinary Story of The Reverend Ernst Biberstein, Lutheran Pastor and Murder Squad Commander (Canterbury, UK: Holocaust Studies Center, 2017), 72 pp., ISBN:…

Review of Alexander Reynolds, To War Without Arms: The Journal of Reverend Alexander Reynolds, May – November 1944: The D-Day Diary of an Army Chaplain

Review of Alexander Reynolds, To War Without Arms: The Journal of Reverend Alexander Reynolds, May – November 1944: The D-Day Diary of an Army Chaplain

June 15, 2021 · by Doris Bergen · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 2 (June 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Alexander Reynolds, To War Without Arms: The Journal of Reverend Alexander Reynolds, May – November 1944: The D-Day Diary of an Army Chaplain, ed. Simon Trew (Devizes, UK:…

Review of Olaf Blaschke and Thomas Großbölting, eds., Was glaubten die Deutschen zwischen 1933 and 1945? Religion und Politik im Nationalsozialismus

Review of Olaf Blaschke and Thomas Großbölting, eds., Was glaubten die Deutschen zwischen 1933 and 1945? Religion und Politik im Nationalsozialismus

March 1, 2021 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 1 (March 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Review of Olaf Blaschke and Thomas Großbölting, eds., Was glaubten die Deutschen zwischen 1933 and 1945? Religion und Politik im Nationalsozialismus (Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, 2020). 540 pages. ISBN…

Review of Klaus Vondung, Paths to Salvation: The National Socialist Religion

Review of Klaus Vondung, Paths to Salvation: The National Socialist Religion

March 1, 2021 · by Samuel Koehne · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 1 (March 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Review of Klaus Vondung, Paths to Salvation: The National Socialist Religion, trans. William Petropulos (St Augustine’s Press: South Bend, Indiana, 2019). 168 Pp. ISBN: 978-1-58731-656-2. By Samuel Koehne, Trinity Grammar…

Review of Father Chester Fabisiak, S.J., Memories of a Devil: My Life as a Jesuit in Dachau

Review of Father Chester Fabisiak, S.J., Memories of a Devil: My Life as a Jesuit in Dachau

March 1, 2021 · by Beth A. Griech-Polelle · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 1 (March 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Review of Father Chester Fabisiak, S.J., Memories of a Devil: My Life as a Jesuit in Dachau (Coppell, TX: Dr. Danuta B. Fabisiak, 2018). 430 Pp. ISBN: 978-1732117006. By Beth…

Review of David Rice, I Will Not Serve: The Priest Who Said NO to Hitler

Review of David Rice, I Will Not Serve: The Priest Who Said NO to Hitler

March 1, 2021 · by Lauren Faulkner Rossi · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 1 (March 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2021) Review of David Rice, I Will Not Serve: The Priest Who Said NO to Hitler (Dublin: Mentor Books, 2018). ISBN: 978-1-912514-04-5. By Lauren Faulkner Rossi, Simon Fraser University In the…

Review of Lucia Scherzberg, Zwischen Partei und Kirche: Nationalsozialistische Priester in Österreich und Deutschland (1938-1944)

Review of Lucia Scherzberg, Zwischen Partei und Kirche: Nationalsozialistische Priester in Österreich und Deutschland (1938-1944)

September 15, 2020 · by Kevin Spicer · in Reviews, Volume 26 Number 3 (September 2020)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Review of Lucia Scherzberg, Zwischen Partei und Kirche: Nationalsozialistische Priester in Österreich und Deutschland (1938-1944), Schriftreihe “Religion und Moderne” Band 20 (Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, 2020). 645 pages, 49,00,-…

Review of Manfred Gailus, Friedrich Weißler. Ein Jurist und bekennender Christ im Widerstand gegen Hitler

Review of Manfred Gailus, Friedrich Weißler. Ein Jurist und bekennender Christ im Widerstand gegen Hitler

September 15, 2020 · by Victoria J. Barnett · in Reviews, Volume 26 Number 3 (September 2020)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Review of Manfred Gailus, Friedrich Weißler. Ein Jurist und bekennender Christ im Widerstand gegen Hitler (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Rupprecht, 2017). 316 pages, with illustrations and an appendix with documentation. ISBN…

Review of A Hidden Life, written and directed by Terrence Malick

Review of A Hidden Life, written and directed by Terrence Malick

September 15, 2020 · by Lauren Faulkner Rossi · in Reviews, Volume 26 Number 3 (September 2020)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Review of A Hidden Life, written and directed by Terrence Malick (Fox Searchlight 2019) By Lauren Faulkner Rossi The Extraordinary Stance of an Ordinary Man Scholarship tells us that the…

Review of Benjamin Ziemann, Martin Niemöller. Ein Leben in Opposition

Review of Benjamin Ziemann, Martin Niemöller. Ein Leben in Opposition

June 15, 2020 · by the Editors · in Reviews, Volume 26 Number 1/2 (June 2020)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) Review of Benjamin Ziemann, Martin Niemöller. Ein Leben in Opposition (Munich: DVA, 2019). 640 pages. ISBN: 978-3-421-04712-0. By Hansjörg Buss, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University At Christmas…

Review of Martin Niemöller, Gedanken über den Weg der christlichen Kirche

Review of Martin Niemöller, Gedanken über den Weg der christlichen Kirche

June 15, 2020 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in Reviews, Volume 26 Number 1/2 (June 2020)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) Review of Martin Niemöller, Gedanken über den Weg der christlichen Kirche, eds. Alf Christophersen and Benjamin Ziemann (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2019). 268 pages. ISBN: 9783579085449. Reviewed by Robert P. Ericksen,…

Review of Wolfgang Huber, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Auf dem Weg zur Freiheit

Review of Wolfgang Huber, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Auf dem Weg zur Freiheit

June 15, 2020 · by Andrew Chandler · in Reviews, Volume 26 Number 1/2 (June 2020)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) Review of Wolfgang Huber, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Auf dem Weg zur Freiheit (Munich: C.H. Beck, 2019). 336 pages + 25 illustrations. ISBN 978-3-406-73137-2. By Andrew Chandler, University of Chichester Wolfgang Huber…

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Volume 28, Numbers 1/2 (Spring/Summer 2022)

  • Letter from the Editors (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
  • Review of Manfred Gailus, Gläubige Zeiten. Religiosität im Dritten Reich
  • Review of Michael Hesemann, Der Papst und der Holocaust: Pius XII. und die geheimen Akten im Vatikan
  • Review of Jeremy Best, Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture in the Age of Empire
  • Review of James D. Strasburg, God’s Marshall Plan: American Protestants and the Struggle for the Soul of Europe
  • Review of Manfred Gailus, Gegen den Mainstream der Hitlerzeit – Der Wuppertaler Theologe Helmut Hesse (1916-1943)
  • Journal Note: MCC and National Socialism
  • Article Note: Benjamin W. Goossen, “The Making of a Holocaust Denier: Ingrid Rimland, Mennonites, and Gender in White Supremacy, 1945-2000”
  • Conference Report: 35th Annual Conference of the Schwerter Arbeitskreis für Katholizismusforschung

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