Letter from the Editors (Spring 2025)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) Letter from the Editors (Spring 2025) By Lauren Faulkner Rossi, Simon Fraser University Dear Friends, Since my last missive, many events have prompted me to remember lines from a Yeats…
Thomas Großbölting in Memorium
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) Thomas Großbölting in Memorium By Mark Edward Ruff, Saint Louis University The fields of German history and religious history suffered a devastating and irreplaceable loss on February 11, 2025. The…
Nachruf auf den Historiker Thomas Großbölting
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) Nachruf auf den Historiker Thomas Großbölting By Manfred Gailus, Technischen Universität Berlin Die Nachricht war ein schwerer Schock: Am 11. Februar stieß in Hamburg-Harburg ein ICE mit einem schwer beladenen…
“The New Testament is the most anti-Jewish book in the whole world.” Christian Antisemitism in the 20th Century
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) “The New Testament is the most anti-Jewish book in the whole world.” Christian Antisemitism in the 20th Century By Manfred Gailus, Technischen Universität Berlin; Translated by Lauren Faulkner Rossi, with the assistance…
Review of Alexander Lamprecht, Zwischen Seelsorge und Diktatur: Südtirols Kirche in der NS-Zeit
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) Review of Alexander Lamprecht, Zwischen Seelsorge und Diktatur: Südtirols Kirche in der NS-Zeit. Bozen (Bolzano): Athesia Verlag, 2019. 299 pp. By Martin Menke, Rivier University This volume is a revised…
Review of Gerlinde von Westphalen, Lady Abbess. Benedicta von Spiegel—Politische Ordensfrau in der NS-Zeit
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) Review of Gerlinde von Westphalen, Lady Abbess. Benedicta von Spiegel—Politische Ordensfrau in der NS-Zeit. Münster: Aschendorff Verlag, 2022. By Martina Cucchiara, Bluffton University In over five hundred pages, this hefty…
Film Review of Zwischen uns Gott, Directed by Rebecca Hirneise
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) Film Review of Zwischen uns Gott, Directed by Rebecca Hirneise (Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion, 2024) By Dirk Schuster, University of Vienna Zwischen uns Gott (Between Us God), the title of the…
Review of Andreas Pangritz, Die Schattenseite des Christentums. Theologie und Antisemitismus
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025) Review of Andreas Pangritz, Die Schattenseite des Christentums. Theologie und Antisemitismus. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2023. Dirk Schuster, University of Vienna Theology and antisemitism: to be honest, the subtitle of the book…