Review of Hartmut Ludwig, An der Seite der Entrechteten und Schwachen: Zur Geschichte des “Büro Pfarrer Grüber” (1938 bis 1940) und der Ev. Hilfsstelle für ehemals Rasseverfolgte nach 1945
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 2 (June 2013) Review of Hartmut Ludwig, An der Seite der Entrechteten und Schwachen: Zur Geschichte des “Büro Pfarrer Grüber” (1938 bis 1940) und der Ev. Hilfsstelle für ehemals Rasseverfolgte nach 1945 (Berlin:…
Book Note: Annemarie S. Kidder, ed., Ultimate Price. Testimonies of Christians Who Resisted the Third Reich
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 2 (June 2013) Book Note: Annemarie S. Kidder, ed., Ultimate Price. Testimonies of Christians Who Resisted the Third Reich (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2012), 177 Pp., ISBN 9781570759550. By John S. Conway, University…
Editorial: Pope Benedict XVI: The Humble servant of the Lord, or God’s Policeman?
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 1 (March 2013) Editorial: Pope Benedict XVI: The Humble servant of the Lord, or God’s Policeman? By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia The sudden and totally unexpected announcement on Monday 10…
Review of Andrew Chandler, ed., The Church and Humanity: The Life and Work of George Bell, 1883-1958
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Review of Andrew Chandler, ed., The Church and Humanity: The Life and Work of George Bell, 1883-1958. (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2012), Pp. xvi + 227, ISBN 978-14094-25564. By…
Review of Norbert Friedrich, Uwe Kaminsky, and Roland Löffler, eds., The Social Dimension of Christian Missions in the Middle East. Historical studies of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Review of Norbert Friedrich, Uwe Kaminsky, and Roland Löffler, eds., The Social Dimension of Christian Missions in the Middle East. Historical studies of the 19th and 20th Centuries (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2010), 252…
Review of Andrew White, The Vicar of Baghdad: Fighting for Peace in the Middle East
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Review of Andrew White, The Vicar of Baghdad: Fighting for Peace in the Middle East (Oxford and Grand Rapids, MI: Monarch Books, 2009) 191 Pp., ISBN: 9781854248763. By John S. Conway, University…
Journal Issue: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Journal Issue: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte, Volume 25, no. 1 (2012) “Expellees and the Church–A New Debate?” By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia The latest issue of Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte/Contemporary Church History, Volume…
Review of Florian Schmitz and Christiane Tietz, eds., Dietrich Bonhoeffers Christentum
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2012 Review of Florian Schmitz and Christiane Tietz, eds., Dietrich Bonhoeffers Christentum. Festschrift für Christian Gremmels (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlag, 2011), 432 Pp. ISBN 978-3-579-07142-8. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Dietrich Bonhoeffer…
Review of Uwe Puschner and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Die völkisch-religiöse Bewegung im Nationalsozialismus. Ein Beziehungs- und Konfliktgeschichte
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2012 Review of Uwe Puschner and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Die völkisch-religiöse Bewegung im Nationalsozialismus. Ein Beziehungs- und Konfliktgeschichte. Studien des Hannah Arendt Instituts für Totalitarismusforschung, 47 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012), 592 Pp….
Review of Hanna-Maija Ketola, Relations between the Church of England and the Russian Orthodox Church during the Second World War, 1941-1945
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2012 Review of Hanna-Maija Ketola, Relations between the Church of England and the Russian Orthodox Church during the Second World War, 1941-1945 (Helsinki: University of Helsinki Faculty of Theology PhD thesis, 2012), 231 Pp. By John S….
Review of Avraham Burg, The Holocaust Is Over. We Must Rise From Its Ashes
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 2, June 2012 Review of Avraham Burg, The Holocaust Is Over. We Must Rise From Its Ashes. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), 253 pp. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Twenty years ago Avraham Burg…
Review of Bryn Geffert, Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans: Diplomacy, Theology, and the Politics of Interwar Ecumenism
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 2, June 2012 Review of Bryn Geffert, Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans: Diplomacy, Theology, and the Politics of Interwar Ecumenism (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010), 501 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0-268-02975-3. By John S. Conway,…
Review of Friedrich Winter, Friedrich Schauer 1891-1958. Seelsorger – Bekenner – Christ im Widerstand
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2012 Review of Friedrich Winter, Friedrich Schauer 1891-1958. Seelsorger – Bekenner – Christ im Widerstand (Berlin: Wichern Verlag, 2011), 215 Pp., ISBN 978-3-85981-326-8. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia Friedrich Schauer was…
Book Note: A. D. McVay and L. Y. Luciuk, eds., The Holy See and the Holodomor. Documents from the Vatican Secret Archives on the Great Famine of 1932-33 in Soviet Ukraine
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2012 Book Note: A. D. McVay and L. Y. Luciuk, eds., The Holy See and the Holodomor. Documents from the Vatican Secret Archives on the Great Famine of 1932-33 in Soviet Ukraine (Toronto:…
Journal Issue Note: Crisis and Credibility in the Jewish-Christian World: Remembering Franklin Littel. The Fortieth Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches. Special issue of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies 46, no. 4 (Fall 2011)
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2012 Journal Issue Note: Crisis and Credibility in the Jewish-Christian World: Remembering Franklin Littel. The Fortieth Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches. Special issue of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies…