Letter from the Editors (September 2020)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Letter from the Editors (September 2020) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, Once again it is a pleasure to offer you our newest series of articles, reviews, and notes…
Fierce Culture Wars Over Three Construction Projects in the German Capital Region
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Fierce Culture Wars Over Three Construction Projects in the German Capital Region By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dr. Manfred Gailus is an…
The Nazis and Religion: Digital Visual Resources for Research and Teaching
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) The Nazis and Religion: Digital Visual Resources for Research and Teaching By Samuel Koehne, Trinity Grammar School Given the continuing interruption that COVID-19 poses around the world, this review considers…
Review of Lucia Scherzberg, Zwischen Partei und Kirche: Nationalsozialistische Priester in Österreich und Deutschland (1938-1944)
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
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
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…
Article Note: Jörg L. Spenkuch and Philipp Tillmann, “Elite Influence? Religion and the Electoral Success of the Nazis”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Article Note: Jörg L. Spenkuch and Philipp Tillmann, “Elite Influence? Religion and the Electoral Success of the Nazis,” American Journal of Political Science 62:1 (January 2018): 19-36. By Heath A….
Article Note: Ionuṭ Biliuṭă, “Fascism, Race, and Religion in Interwar Transylvania: The Case of Father Liviu Stan (1910–1973)”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Article Note: Ionuṭ Biliuṭă, “Fascism, Race, and Religion in Interwar Transylvania: The Case of Father Liviu Stan (1910–1973),” Church History 89:1 (March 2020): 101-124. By Heath A. Spencer, Seattle University…
Article Note: Thomas J. Kehoe, “The Reich Military Court and Its Values: Wehrmacht Treatment of Jehovah’s Witness Conscientious Objectors”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) Article Note: Thomas J. Kehoe, “The Reich Military Court and Its Values: Wehrmacht Treatment of Jehovah’s Witness Conscientious Objectors,” Holocaust and Genocide Studies 33, no 3 (2019): 351-371. By Doris…
The German Bishops in the World War: The English Text
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 3 (September 2020) The German Bishops in the World War: The English Text In the March 2020 issue of Contemporary Church History Quarterly, we featured two analyses of the German Bishops Conference statement, “Deutsche…