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…
Review of Andrew Atherstone and John Maiden, eds., Evangelicalism and the Church of England in the Twentieth century: Reform, Resistance and Renewal
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 2 (June 2015) Review of Andrew Atherstone and John Maiden, eds., Evangelicalism and the Church of England in the Twentieth Century: Reform, Resistance and Renewal, Studies in Modern British Religious History, Vol. 31…
Review of Timothy Jones, Sexual Politics in the Church of England 1857-1957
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 2 (June 2015) Review of Timothy Jones, Sexual Politics in the Church of England 1857-1957 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), Pp 218. ISBN 978-0-19-965510-6. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia In the 1960s…
Review of Rainer Stuhlmann, Zwischen den Stühlen: Alltagsnotizen eines Christen in Israel und Palästina
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 2 (June 2015) Review of Rainer Stuhlmann, Zwischen den Stühlen: Alltagsnotizen eines Christen in Israel und Palästina (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag 2015), 155 Pp. ISBN 978-3-7615-6179-9. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia After…
Review of Hans-Joachim Döring and Michael Haspel, eds., Lothar Kreyssig und Walter Grundmann. Zwei kirchenpolitische Protagonisten des 20. Jahrhunderts in Mitteldeutschland
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Review of Hans-Joachim Döring and Michael Haspel, eds., Lothar Kreyssig und Walter Grundmann. Zwei kirchenpolitische Protagonisten des 20. Jahrhunderts in Mitteldeutschland (Weimar: Wartburg Verlag, 2014). 132 Pp., ISBN 9783861602520. By…
Review Article: The Vatican’s response to the Nazi persecution of the Jews
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Review Article: The Vatican’s response to the Nazi persecution of the Jews Susan Zuccotti, Père Marie-Benoît and Jewish Rescue: How a French Priest Together with Jewish Friends Saved Thousands during…
Review of Rebecca Ayako Bennette, Fighting for the Soul of Germany: The Catholic Struggle for Inclusion after Unification
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Review of Rebecca Ayako Bennette, Fighting for the Soul of Germany: The Catholic Struggle for Inclusion after Unification (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012). 380 Pp., ISBN 9780674065635. By Lauren…
Review of Caroline Moorehead, Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Review of Caroline Moorehead, Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France (Toronto: Random House Canada, 2014), 374 Pp., ISBN 9780307363084. By Stephanie Corazza, University of Toronto Scholars of…
Review of James Mace Ward, Priest, Politician, Collaborator: Jozef Tiso and the Making of Fascist Slovakia
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Review of James Mace Ward, Priest, Politician, Collaborator: Jozef Tiso and the Making of Fascist Slovakia (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014). Xii + 362 Pp., ISBN 9780801419888. By John S….
Review of Hilary Earl and Karl A. Schleunes, eds., Lessons and Legacies, Volume XI: Expanding Perspectives on the Holocaust in a Changing World
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Review of Hilary Earl and Karl A. Schleunes, eds., Lessons and Legacies, Volume XI: Expanding Perspectives on the Holocaust in a Changing World (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2014). Xxii…
Review Article: The Vatican and the United States during the Interwar Era
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 4 (December 2014) Review Article: The Vatican and the United States during the Interwar Era By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Luca Castagna, A Bridge across the Ocean: The United States and…
Review of J. J. Carney, Rwanda Before the Genocide: Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 4 (December 2014) Review of J. J. Carney, Rwanda Before the Genocide: Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era (New York: Oxford University Press 2014), Xi + 343 Pp., ISBN 978-0-19-998227-1….