Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds, Mit Herz und Verstand—Protestantische Frauen im Widerstand gegen die NS-Rassenpolitik
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 1 (March 2016) Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds, Mit Herz und Verstand—Protestantische Frauen im Widerstand gegen die NS-Rassenpolitik (Göttingen: V&Runipress, 2013). Pp 280, with illustrations. ISBN: 9783847101734. By Victoria J….
Review of Manfred Gailus, ed., Täter und Komplizen in Theologie und Kirchen 1933-1945
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 1 (March 2016) Review of Manfred Gailus, ed., Täter und Komplizen in Theologie und Kirchen 1933-1945 (Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2015). Pp. 260. ISBN 9783835316492. By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Manfred Gailus’ newest contribution…
Review of Robert Beaken, The Church of England and the Home Front 1914-1918
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 1 (March 2016) Review of Robert Beaken, The Church of England and the Home Front 1914-1918 (Rochester, NY: Boydell and Brewer, 2015). Pp. 272. ISBN: 9781783270514. By John S. Conway, University of British…
Review of Kirsten Busch Nielsen, Ralf K. Wüstenberg, and Jens Zimmermann, eds., Dem Rad in die Speichen fallen. Das Politische in der Theologie Dietrich Bonhoeffers. A Spoke in the Wheel: The Political in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) Review of Kirsten Busch Nielsen, Ralf K. Wüstenberg, and Jens Zimmermann, eds., Dem Rad in die Speichen fallen. Das Politische in der Theologie Dietrich Bonhoeffers. A Spoke in the Wheel:…
Review of John Pollard, The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-1958
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) Review of John Pollard, The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-1958 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), 560 Pp., ISBN: 9780199208562. By Lauren Faulkner Rossi The papacy during the first…
Review of Jacques Kornberg, The Pope’s Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) Review of Jacques Kornberg, The Pope’s Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015), 405 Pp., ISBN 9781442628281. By Beth…
Review of Mark Riebling, Church of Spies: The Vatican’s Secret War against Hitler
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) Review of Mark Riebling, Church of Spies: The Vatican’s Secret War against Hitler (New York: Basic Books, 2015), 375 Pp. ISBN 9780465022298. By Mark Edward Ruff, St. Louis University That…
Review of Mark R. Correll, Shepherds of the Empire: German Conservative Protestant Leadership 1888-1919
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 3 (September 2015) Review of Mark R. Correll, Shepherds of the Empire: German Conservative Protestant Leadership 1888-1919 (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014), 283pp. ISBN: 978-1-4514-7295-0 By Matthew D. Hockenos, Skidmore College Mark Correll’s Shepherds…
Review of Patrick J. Houlihan, Catholicism and the Great War: Religion and Everyday Life in Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1922
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 3 (September 2015) Review of Patrick J. Houlihan, Catholicism and the Great War: Religion and Everyday Life in Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1922 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015). Xiii + 287 Pp. ISBN: 978-1-107-03514-0….
Review of Hartmut Ludwig and Eberhard Röhm, eds., with Jörg Thierfelder, Evangelisch getauft—als “Juden” verfolgt: Theologen jüdischer Herkunft in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 3 (September 2015) Review of Hartmut Ludwig and Eberhard Röhm, eds., with Jörg Thierfelder, Evangelisch getauft—als “Juden” verfolgt: Theologen jüdischer Herkunft in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus (Stuttgart: Calwer Verlag, 2014). 473 pages, with…
Review of Keith Clements, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ecumenical Quest
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 3 (September 2015) Review of Keith Clements, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ecumenical Quest (Geneva: World Council of Churches Publications, 2015), 326 Pp. ISBN 978-2-8254-1656-3. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Keith Clements is…
Review of Heike Springhart, Aufbrücke zu neuen Ufern: Der Beitrag von Religion und Kirche für Demokratisierung und Reeducation im Westen Deutschlands nach 1945
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 3 (September 2015) Review of Heike Springhart, Aufbrücke zu neuen Ufern: Der Beitrag von Religion und Kirche für Demokratisierung und Reeducation im Westen Deutschlands nach 1945 (Leipzig: Evangelisches Verlagsanstalt, 2008), 360 pages. ISBN:…
Review of George Faithful, Mothering the Fatherland: A Protestant Sisterhood Repents for the Holocaust
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 3 (September 2015) Review of George Faithful, Mothering the Fatherland: A Protestant Sisterhood Repents for the Holocaust (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), xvii+270 pp. Reviewed by Christopher J. Probst, University College at Washington…
Review of Alon Confino, A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 2 (June 2015) Review of Alon Confino, A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide (New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2014), 284pp. ISBN: 978-0-300-18854-7. By Christopher Probst, Washington University in…
Review of David Nash, Christian Ideals in British Culture: Stories of Belief in the Twentieth Century
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 2 (June 2015) Review of David Nash, Christian Ideals in British Culture: Stories of Belief in the Twentieth Century (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) ISBN 978-0-230-57265-2. By Andrew Chandler, University of Chichester The cover…