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 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 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 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 Rudolf von Thadden, Trieglaff: Balancing Church and Politics in a Pomeranian World, 1807-1948
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 4 (December 2014) Review of Rudolf von Thadden, Trieglaff: Balancing Church and Politics in a Pomeranian World, 1807-1948, translated by Stephen Barlau (New York: Berghahn Books, 2013), 235 Pp., ISBN 978-0-85745-927-5. By John S….
Review of Edward Madigan, Faith under Fire: Anglican Army Chaplains and the Great War
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 3 (September 2014) Edward Madigan, Faith under Fire: Anglican Army Chaplains and the Great War (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). Ix+296 Pp. ISBN 978-0-230-23745-2. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia The first casualty of…
Review of Rainer Bucher, Hitler’s Theology: A Study in Political Religion
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 2 (June 2014) Review of Rainer Bucher, Hitler’s Theology: A Study in Political Religion (London: Continuum Books 2011), Xx+ 140 Pp., ISBN PB 978-1-4411-4179-8. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Rainer Bucher…
Review of Arne Hassing, Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 2 (June 2014) Review of Arne Hassing, Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945 (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2014), Xx + 384 Pp. ISBN 978-0-295-99308-9. By John S. Conway, University of British…
Review of Robert Beaken, Cosmo Lang: Archbishop in War and Crisis
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 2 (June 2014) Review of Robert Beaken, Cosmo Lang: Archbishop in War and Crisis (London: I.B. Tauris, 2012), ISBN 978-1789763552, Pp. xix + 300. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia In his…
Review of Alister Chapman, Godly Ambition: John Stott and the Evangelical Movement
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 1 (March 2014) Review of Alister Chapman, Godly Ambition: John Stott and the Evangelical Movement (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), 222 Pp., ISBN 978-0-19-977357-8. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia John…
Review of Peter Eisner, The Pope’s Last Crusade. How an American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI’s campaign to stop Hitler
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 4 (December 2013) Review of Peter Eisner, The Pope’s Last Crusade. How an American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI’s campaign to stop Hitler (New York: Harper Collins 2013), 292 Pp. ISBN 978-6-06-204914-8. By John…
Review of John Connelly, From Enemy to Brother. The revolution in Catholic teaching on the Jews 1933-1965
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 4 (December 2013) Review of John Connelly, From Enemy to Brother. The revolution in Catholic teaching on the Jews 1933-1965 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2012), Pp 376. ISNB 978-0-674-05782-1. By John S. Conway, University…
Review of Dietz Lange, Nathan Söderblom und seine Zeit
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 3 (September 2013) Review of Dietz Lange, Nathan Söderblom und seine Zeit (Göttingen and Oakville, CT, USA: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011), Pp 480, ISBN 978-3-525-5701-5. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia…
Review of Daniel Gawthrop, The trial of Pope Benedict. Joseph Ratzinger and the Vatican’s Assault on Reason, Compassion and Human Dignity
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 3 (September 2013) Review of Daniel Gawthrop, The trial of Pope Benedict. Joseph Ratzinger and the Vatican’s Assault on Reason, Compassion and Human Dignity (Vancouver. B.C.: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2013), 315 Pp, ISBN…
Book Note: Vera K. Fast, ed., Companions of the Peace Diaries and Letters of Monica Storrs, 1931-1939
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 3 (September 2013) Book Note: Vera K. Fast, ed., Companions of the Peace Diaries and Letters of Monica Storrs, 1931-1939 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999), ISBN 0-8020-8254-8, 246 Pp. By John S….