“The German Catholic Bishops and the Second World War: A Historic Reappraisal”
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) “The German Catholic Bishops and the Second World War: A Historic Reappraisal” By Mark Edward Ruff, Saint Louis University On May 8, 2020, the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender…
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…