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Chapter Note: Karl Schwarz on Gerhard Kittel

December 15, 2021 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in News and Notes, Volume 27 Number 4 (December 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 4 (December 2021) Chapter Note: Karl Schwarz on Gerhard Kittel By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University (Emeritus) “Sie haben [. . .] geholfen, den nationalistischen Einbruch in unsere Kirche abzuwehren.” Anmerkungen zu…

Review of Ian Harker, Pearls before Swine: The Extraordinary Story of The Reverend Ernst Biberstein, Lutheran Pastor and Murder Squad Commander

June 15, 2021 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in Reviews, Volume 27 Number 2 (June 2021)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 27, Number 2 (June 2021) Review of Ian Harker, Pearls before Swine: The Extraordinary Story of The Reverend Ernst Biberstein, Lutheran Pastor and Murder Squad Commander (Canterbury, UK: Holocaust Studies Center, 2017), 72 pp., ISBN:…

Review of Martin Niemöller, Gedanken über den Weg der christlichen Kirche

Review of Martin Niemöller, Gedanken über den Weg der christlichen Kirche

June 15, 2020 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in Reviews, Volume 26 Number 1/2 (June 2020)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 26, Number 1/2 (June 2020) Review of Martin Niemöller, Gedanken über den Weg der christlichen Kirche, eds. Alf Christophersen and Benjamin Ziemann (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2019). 268 pages. ISBN: 9783579085449. Reviewed by Robert P. Ericksen,…

“Understanding Twenty-first Century Christian Nationalism and Its Antecedents: A Scholarly Conversation”

September 1, 2019 · by the Editors · in Articles, Volume 25 Number 3 (September 2019)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 3 (September 2019) “Understanding Twenty-first Century Christian Nationalism and Its Antecedents: A Scholarly Conversation” By Victoria J. Barnett, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (retired) and Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University (retired) The…

“Victoria Barnett’s Retirement from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum”

September 1, 2019 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in News and Notes, Volume 25 Number 3 (September 2019)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 3 (September 2019) “Victoria Barnett’s Retirement from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum” By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University (retired) Victoria Barnett is familiar to many or most readers of CCHQ, at least…

Review of Matthew D. Hockenos, Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor who Defied the Nazis

Review of Matthew D. Hockenos, Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor who Defied the Nazis

March 15, 2019 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in Reviews, Volume 25 Number 1 (March 2019)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 25, Number 1 (March 2019) Review of Matthew D. Hockenos, Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor who Defied the Nazis (New York: Basic Books, 2018). 322 pp. ISBN: 978-0-465-09786-9. Reviewed by Robert…

Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Für ein artgemässes Christentum der Tat: Völkische Theologen im “Dritten Reich”

Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Für ein artgemässes Christentum der Tat: Völkische Theologen im “Dritten Reich”

June 1, 2018 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in Reviews, Volume 24 Number 2 (June 2018)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 24, Number 2 (June 2018) Review of Manfred Gailus and Clemens Vollnhals, eds., Für ein artgemässes Christentum der Tat: Völkische Theologen im “Dritten Reich”, Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 2016, 329 pp. By Robert P. Ericksen,…

Review of Mark Edward Ruff, The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany, 1945-1980

Review of Mark Edward Ruff, The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany, 1945-1980

December 1, 2017 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in Reviews, Volume 23 Number 4 (December 2017)

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…

Memories of John Conway (1929-2017)

September 1, 2017 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in Articles, Volume 23 Number 3 (September 2017)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 23, Number 3 (September 2017) Memories of John Conway (1929-2017) By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University John Conway is known to all who contribute to or read this online journal as the energetic, knowledgeable,…

Conference Report: “Ecumenical Cooperation and World Politics”. The 2016 Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte/Contemporary Church History Conference

December 1, 2016 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in News and Notes, Volume 22 Number 4 (December 2016)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 4 (December 2016) Conference Report: “Ecumenical Cooperation and World Politics”. The 2016 Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte/Contemporary Church History Conference, Helsinki, October 26-28, 2016 By Robert P. Ericksen On Oct. 26-28, 2016, Professors Aila Lauha and…

Conference Report: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte Meeting, 2015

March 1, 2016 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in News and Notes, Volume 22 Number 1 (March 2016)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 22, Number 1 (March 2016) Conference Report: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte Meeting, 2015 By Robert Ericksen “‘Ein neues Klima’: Rezeptionsgeschichte des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils in Ost- und Mitteleuropa” A conference took place on December 3-4, 2015 at…

Conference Report: “Resistance Revisited and Re-questioned: Church and Society in Scandinavia and Europe”

March 1, 2015 · by Robert P. Ericksen · in News and Notes, Volume 21 Number 1 (March 2015)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2015) Conference Report: “Resistance Revisited and Re-questioned: Church and Society in Scandinavia and Europe” By Robert P. Ericksen, Pacific Lutheran University A conference hosted by the Royal Academy of Literature, History, and…

Review of Clifford Green and Guy Carter, eds., Interpreting Bonhoeffer

Review of Clifford Green and Guy Carter, eds., Interpreting Bonhoeffer

March 1, 2014 · by John S. Conway · in Reviews, Volume 20 Number 1 (March 2014)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 20, Number 1 (March 2014) Review of Clifford Green and Guy Carter, eds., Interpreting Bonhoeffer, Historical Perspectives/Emerging Issues (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013),  Pp. xvi + 258,  ISBN 978-4514-6541-9. By John S. Conway, University of British Columbia The…

Conference Report: Reassessing Contemporary Church History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 25-27, 2013

September 1, 2013 · by Mark Edward Ruff · in News and Notes, Volume 19 Number 3 (September 2013)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 3 (September 2013) Conference Report: Reassessing Contemporary Church History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 25-27, 2013 By Mark Edward Ruff, St. Louis University This three-day conference brought twenty scholars from Canada, the United States…

Conference Report: German Studies Association Conference, October 4-7, 2012, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Conference Report: German Studies Association Conference, October 4-7, 2012, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

March 1, 2013 · by Kyle Jantzen · in News and Notes, Volume 19 Number 1 (March 2013)

Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 19, Number 1 (March 2013) Conference Report: German Studies Association Conference, October 4-7, 2012, Milwaukee, Wisconsin By Kyle Jantzen, Ambrose University College Once again this past year, the German Studies Association conference included a number…

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Volume 31, Number 1 (Spring 2025)

  • Letter from the Editors (Spring 2025)
  • Thomas Großbölting in Memorium
  • Nachruf auf den Historiker Thomas Großbölting
  • “The New Testament is the most anti-Jewish book in the whole world.” Christian Antisemitism in the 20th Century
  • Review of Alexander Lamprecht, Zwischen Seelsorge und Diktatur: Südtirols Kirche in der NS-Zeit
  • Review of Gerlinde von Westphalen, Lady Abbess. Benedicta von Spiegel—Politische Ordensfrau in der NS-Zeit
  • Film Review of Zwischen uns Gott, Directed by Rebecca Hirneise
  • Review of Andreas Pangritz, Die Schattenseite des Christentums. Theologie und Antisemitismus

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