Review of Ian Harker, Pearls before Swine: The Extraordinary Story of The Reverend Ernst Biberstein, Lutheran Pastor and Murder Squad Commander
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
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,…
Review of Matthew D. Hockenos, Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor who Defied the Nazis
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”
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
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)
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
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
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”
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
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: German Studies Association Conference, October 4-7, 2012, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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…
Conference Report: Holocaust Scholarship: Personal Trajectories, Professional Interpretations
Contemporary Church History Quarterly Volume 18, Number 4 (December 2012) Conference Report: Holocaust Scholarship: Personal Trajectories, Professional Interpretations, Capetown, South Africa, 20-22 August 2012 By Doris Bergen, University of Toronto This conference, sponsored by the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research…