Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 4 (December 2018) Conference Report: “Religion and Migration: Institutions and Law,” Sponsored by the Religious Cultures Network, German Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2018. By Christina Matzen, University of Toronto Five scholars convened…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 4 (December 2018) New Research on Nazism and Christianity: David A. R. Clark By David A. R. Clark, University of Toronto From time to time, the editors of Contemporary Church History Quarterly invite a…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 3 (September 2018) Letter from the Editors (September 2018) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, As summer turns to autumn, and universities begin a new year, the editors of Contemporary Church History Quarterly are…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 3 (September 2018) Review of Wolfgang Thielmann, ed., Alternative für Christen? Die AfD und ihr gespaltenes Verhältnis zur Religion (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2017). Pp. 192. ISBN: 978-3-7615-6439-4. By Heath Spencer, Seattle University This…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 3 (September 2018) Review of Peter Gbiorczyk, Probst Wilhelm Wibbeling (1891-1966): Jugendbewegter, reformierte Theologe im “Zeitalter der Extreme” (Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2016). Pp. 769. ISBN 978-3-8440-4772-1. By Victoria J. Barnett, United States Holocaust…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 3 (September 2018) Review of Katrin Rudolph, Hilfe beim Sprung ins Nichts: Franz Kaufmann und die Rettung von Juden und “nichtarischen” Christen. Publikationen der Gedenkstätte Helden. Band 7 (Berlin: Metropol Verlag, 2017). Pp….
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 3 (September 2018) Review of Victoria J. Barnett, ed., The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Volume 2 (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017). Pp. xvi + 253. ISBN: 978-1-5064-3336-3. By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Victoria…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 3 (September 2018) Article Note: Johannes Due Enstad, “Prayers and Patriotism in Nazi-Occupied Russia: The Pskov Orthodox Mission and Religious Revival, 1941-1944,” Slavonic and East European Review 94, no 3 (2016): 468-96. By…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 2 (June 2018) Letter from the Editors (June 2018) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, As summer begins, the editors are pleased to publish a new issue of Contemporary Church History Quarterly. This…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 2 (June 2018) Shrill Bell Ringing With “Hitler Bells,” Protestant churches backed the “Führer.” Many still ring today. By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University This article…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 2 (June 2018) Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Für ein artgemässes Christentum der Tat: Völkische Theologen im “Dritten Reich”, Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 2016, 329 pp. By Robert P. Ericksen,…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 2 (June 2018) Review of Matthias Grünzig, Für Deutschtum und Vaterland. Die Potsdamer Garnisonkirche im 20. Jahrhundert (Berlin: Metropol, 2017). Pp. 383. ISBN: 978-3-86331-296-1. By Doris L. Bergen, University of Toronto Für Deutschtum und…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 2 (June 2018) Review of Victoria J. Barnett, ed., “After Ten Years”: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Our Times (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017). Pp. 48. ISBN: 9781506433387. By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University In this slim…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 2 (June 2018) Review of Joachim Krause, Im Glauben an Gott und Hitler. Die “Deutschen Christen“ aus dem Wieratal und ihr Siegeszug ins Reich von 1928 bis 1945 (an annotated documentation / eine…