Review of Victoria J. Barnett, ed., The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Volume 2
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…
Letter from the Editors (March 2018)
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 1 (March 2018) Letter from the Editors (March 2018) By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Dear Friends, With spring drawing slowly nearer, the editors are pleased to publish a new issue of Contemporary Church History…
Book Note: “Religion” in Lisa Pine, ed., Life and Times in Nazi Germany
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 1 (March 2018) Book Note: “Religion” in Lisa Pine, ed., Life and Times in Nazi Germany (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016). Pp. xv + 307. ISBN: 9781474217927 (Paperback). By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Lisa…
Article Note: Heath A. Spencer, “From Liberal Theology to Völkisch Christianity?: Heinrich Weinel, the Volkskirchenbund, and the Church Struggle in Thuringia”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 1 (March 2018) Article Note: Heath A. Spencer, “From Liberal Theology to Völkisch Christianity?: Heinrich Weinel, the Volkskirchenbund, and the Church Struggle in Thuringia,” Holocaust and Genocide Studies 30, no. 2 (Fall 2016):…
Review of Lee B. Spitzer, Baptists, Jews, and the Holocaust: The Hand of Sincere Friendship
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Review of Lee B. Spitzer, Baptists, Jews, and the Holocaust: The Hand of Sincere Friendship (Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 2017). Pg. xiv + 482. ISBN: 9780817017828. By Kyle Jantzen,…
Luther’s Evil Writings
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) Luther’s Evil Writings The reformer was not only anti-Jewish, but also antisemitic. So he was understood in the Nazi era, too. By Manfred Gailus, Technical University of Berlin; translated by Kyle Jantzen,…
Review of Benjamin W. Goossen, Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) Review of Benjamin W. Goossen, Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era ( Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017), 266 + xiv Pp., ISBN: 978-0-691-17428-0. By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose…
Review of Rolf-Ulrich Kunze, “Möge Gott unserer Kirche helfen!” Theologiepolitik, Kirchenkampf und Auseinandersetzung mit dem NS-Regime: Die Evangelische Landeskirche Badens 1933-1945
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 1/2 (June 2017) Review of Rolf-Ulrich Kunze, “Möge Gott unserer Kirche helfen!” Theologiepolitik, Kirchenkampf und Auseinandersetzung mit dem NS-Regime: Die Evangelische Landeskirche Badens 1933-1945 (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2015). By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University This…
Conference Report: 500 Years of Reformation: Jews and Protestants – Judaism and Protestantism
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 1/2 (June 2017) Conference Report: 500 Years of Reformation: Jews and Protestants – Judaism and Protestantism, Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem, February 12-14, 2017 By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University This year’s annual conference of…
Review of Andrew Chandler, George Bell, Bishop of Chichester: Church, State, and Resistance in the Age of Dictatorship
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 4 (December 2016) Review of Andrew Chandler, George Bell, Bishop of Chichester: Church, State, and Resistance in the Age of Dictatorship (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016), Pp. xii + 212, ISBN: 9780802872272. By…
Conference Report: 30th Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 4 (December 2016) Conference Report: 30th Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, October 20-22, 2016 By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Under the title of “Marching…
Article Note: Thomas Brodie, “The German Catholic Diaspora in the Second World War”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 3 (September 2016) Article Note: Thomas Brodie, “The German Catholic Diaspora in the Second World War,” German History 33, no. 1 (March 2015): 80-99. By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Thomas Brodie of Jesus College,…
Article Note: Samuel Koehne, “The Racial Yardstick: ‘Ethnotheism’ and Official Nazi Views on Religion”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 2 (June 2016) Article Note: Samuel Koehne, “The Racial Yardstick: ‘Ethnotheism’ and Official Nazi Views on Religion,” German Studies Review 37, no. 3 (2014): 575–596. By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Over the past…
Review of Manfred Gailus, ed., Täter und Komplizen in Theologie und Kirchen 1933-1945
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 1 (March 2016) Review of Manfred Gailus, ed., Täter und Komplizen in Theologie und Kirchen 1933-1945 (Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2015). Pp. 260. ISBN 9783835316492. By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University Manfred Gailus’ newest contribution…
Ferdinand Schlingensiepen and the Quest for the Historical Bonhoeffer
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) Ferdinand Schlingensiepen and the Quest for the Historical Bonhoeffer By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University The Quest for the Historical Bonhoeffer [1] In recent years, the field of Bonhoeffer studies has…