Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 4 (December 2021) Review of Robert M. Zoske, Sophie Scholl: “Es reut mich nichts.” Porträt einer Widerständigen (Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 2020), 448 pages. By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 4 (December 2021) Review of Ulrich Peter, Lutherrose und Hakenkreuz. Die Deutschen Christen und der Bund der nationalsozialistischen Pastoren in der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche Mecklenburgs (Kiel: Lutherische Verlagsanstalt, 2020). 607 pages. ISBN 978-3-87503-266-6. By…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 4 (December 2021) Review of Jonas Hagedorn, Oswald von Nell-Breuning: Aufbrüche der katholischen Soziallehre in der Weimarer Republik (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2019). 532 pages. ISBN 978-3-657-78795-1. By Martin Menke, Rivier University In this…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 4 (December 2021) Architectural and Website Note: “Lernort Garnisonkirche” (“Potsdam Garrison Church Site of Learning”) By Philipp Oswalt, Universität Kassel; translated by Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University The tower of the Potsdam Garrison Church,…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 4 (December 2021) Chapter Note: Karl Schwarz on Gerhard Kittel By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University (Emeritus) “Sie haben [. . .] geholfen, den nationalistischen Einbruch in unsere Kirche abzuwehren.” Anmerkungen zu…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 4 (December 2021) Webinar Note: Humanitarian Entanglements: A Report on Recent Research on Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Refugees, and the Legacies of National Socialism, November 4, 2021 By Alain Epp Weaver, MCC Since…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 4 (December 2021) Conference Report: “Let Us Solace Ourselves with Love:” Women, Religion, and Emotions in Modern Germany, German Studies Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN and Virtual, September 30-October 3, 2021 By Martina Cucchiara, Bluffton University…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 4 (December 2021) Conference Report: “Nazi Germany, International Protestantism, and the German Churches,” German Studies Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN and virtual, October 1, 2021. By Blake McKinney, Texas Baptist College After a…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Letter from the Editors (September 2021) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, In the midst of another busy beginning to the new academic year in many of our universities,…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Review of Hagen Markwardt, Fruszina Müller and Bettina Westfeld, eds., Konfession und Wohlfahrt im Nationalsozialismus: Beispiele aus Mittel- und Ostdeutschland (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2021). 372 pages. ISBN 978-3-428-15753-2. By…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Review of Wilfried Loth, “Freiheit und Würde des Volkes:” Katholizismus und Demokratie in Deutschland, Religion und Moderne, Vol. 13 (Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, 2018). ISBN 978-3-593-50838-2. By Martin R. Menke,…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Review of Holy Silence, directed and produced by Steven Pressman (Seventh Art, 2020) Rebecca Carter-Chand, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum* * The views expressed are those of the author and…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Review of Robert Braun, Protectors of Pluralism: Religious Minorities and the Rescue of Jews in the Low Countries during the Holocaust (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). By Rebecca Carter-Chand, United…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Review of Fergus Butler-Gallie, Priests de la Resistance! The Loose Canons Who Fought Fascism in the Twentieth Century (London: Oneworld Publications, 2020). 273 pages. ISBN: 9781786078308. By Beth A. Griech-Polelle,…
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 3 (September 2021) Review of Carsten Linden and Craig Nessan, Paul Leo. Lutherischer Pastor mit jüdischen Wurzeln (1893–1958) (Nordhausen: Traugott Bautz, 2019). 86 pages. ISBN 978-3-95948-453-4. By Dirk Schuster, University of Vienna /…