Review of Mark Edward Ruff, The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany, 1945-1980
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Review of Mark Edward Ruff, The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany, 1945-1980 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017). Pp. 408. ISBN 9781107190665. Reviewed by Robert P. Ericksen Mark Edward…
Conference Report: “Religious Revivals in 19th and 20th century Germany”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 4 (December 2017) Conference Report: “Religious Revivals in 19th and 20th century Germany,” German Studies Association, 2017 By Mark Edward Ruff, Saint Louis University Thirteen historians, religious studies scholars and literary specialists gathered…
Conference Report: “Germany and the Confessional Divide, 1871-1989,” Seminar at the Annual Meeting of the German Studies Association
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 4 (December 2016) Conference Report: “Germany and the Confessional Divide, 1871-1989,” Seminar at the Annual Meeting of the German Studies Association, 2016, San Diego, California By Mark Edward Ruff, St. Louis University On the…
Review of Mark Riebling, Church of Spies: The Vatican’s Secret War against Hitler
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 4 (December 2015) Review of Mark Riebling, Church of Spies: The Vatican’s Secret War against Hitler (New York: Basic Books, 2015), 375 Pp. ISBN 9780465022298. By Mark Edward Ruff, St. Louis University That…
Conference Report: Religion in Germany in the 20th Century: Paradigm Shifts and Changing Methodologies
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 4 (December 2014) Conference Report: Religion in Germany in the 20th Century: Paradigm Shifts and Changing Methodologies. Seminar at the Annual Meeting of the German Studies Association, September 19-21, 2014 By Mark Edward Ruff,…
Review of Akten deutscher Bischöfe seit 1945, Kommission für Zeitgeschichte
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 2 (June 2013) Review of Akten deutscher Bischöfe seit 1945, Kommission für Zeitgeschichte Ulrich Helbach (Bearbeitet), Akten deutscher Bischöfe seit 1945: Westliche Besatzungszonen, 1945 – 1947, I (Paderborn: Schöningh Verlag, 2012), 764 pp. Ulrich Helbach…
Conference Report: Catholicism in Germany: Contemporary History and the Present
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 1 (March 2013) Conference Report: Catholicism in Germany: Contemporary History and the Present (Katholizismus in Deutschland – Zeitgeschichte und Gegenwart), October 26 – 27, 2012, Katholische Akademie in Bayern By Mark Edward Ruff,…
New Sources on the Roman Catholic Church and the Holocaust: Summer Research Workshop for Scholars
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 1 (March 2013) New Sources on the Roman Catholic Church and the Holocaust: Summer Research Workshop for Scholars, August 13-24, 2012, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC By Mark…
Article Note: Olaf Blaschke, “Geschichtsdeutung und Vergangenheitspolitik. Die Kommission für Zeitgeschichte und das Netzwerk kirchenloyaler Katholizismusforscher, 1945-2000”
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2012 Article Note: Olaf Blaschke, “Geschichtsdeutung und Vergangenheitspolitik. Die Kommission für Zeitgeschichte und das Netzwerk kirchenloyaler Katholizismusforscher, 1945-2000,” in Thomas Pittrof and Walter Schmitz, eds., Freie Anerkennung übergeschichtlicher Bindungen. Katholische Geschichtswahrnehmung im deutschsprachigen…
Review of Nicolai Hannig, Die Religion der Öffentlichkeit: Kirche, Religion und Medien in der Bundesrepublik 1945- 1980
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2011 Review of Nicolai Hannig, Die Religion der Öffentlichkeit: Kirche, Religion und Medien in der Bundesrepublik 1945- 1980 (Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2010), 454 Pp., ISBN 978-3-8353-0799-5. By Mark Edward Ruff, Saint Louis University Nicolai…
Conference Report: “German Catholics negotiate National Socialism: Three Case Studies,” Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, January 7, 2011
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 17, No. 1, March 2011 Conference Report: “German Catholics negotiate National Socialism: Three Case Studies,” Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, January 7, 2011, Boston, MA. By Mark Edward Ruff, St. Louis University Sponsored by the American…
Review of Michael Hirschfeld/Maria Anna Zumholz, eds., Oldenburgs Priester unter NS-Terror, 1932 – 1945. Herrschaftsalltag in Milieu und Diaspora
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 15, No. 2, June 2010 Review of Michael Hirschfeld/Maria Anna Zumholz, eds., Oldenburgs Priester unter NS-Terror, 1932 – 1945. Herrschaftsalltag in Milieu und Diaspora (Münster: Aschendorgg Verlag, 2006), 818 pp. ISBN: 3-402-02492-6. By Mark Edward Ruff, Saint Louis…
Conference Report: Eugenio Pacelli als Nuntius in Deutschland
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 15, No. 2, June 2010 Conference Report: Eugenio Pacelli als Nuntius in Deutschland, March 24-26, 2010, Münster,Germany. By Mark Edward Ruff, St. Louis University The most controversial pontiff of the 20th century was the focus of a three-day…
Conference Announcement: International Symposium: Pius XII as the Nuncio in Germany
ACCH Quarterly Vol. 15, No. 1, March 2010 Conference Announcement: International Symposium: Pius XII as the Nuncio in Germany, March 24-26, 2010, Münster, Germany. By Mark Edward Ruff The most controversial pontiff of the 20th century is serving as the…