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In June 1947 Paul Tillich signed a contract with The University of Chicago Press for a 'Systematic Theology' in two volumes. Having published the first volume in April 1951, he asked the publisher to split the second volume into two parts, which were published in 1957 as volume II and 1963 as volume III. In this article the different editions of 'Systematic Theology' are described, and the economic aspects of writing and publishing this very influential academic book are explained. Many unknown sources are presented. Some of them show Tillich as an author in real despair. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a report from an October 15, 2026 conference on church history and biography after 1945 hosted in Bonn, Germany by the Förderverein für Neuere Geschichte an der Universität Bonn e.V. historical society. Topics of presentations delivered include the history of the Catholic weekly periodical "Publik", politician and theologian Karl Forster's role in West German Catholicism, and a biography of German Catholic politician Rainer Barzel.

The article reports on a conference on social aspects of the mass media, held in Potsdam, Germany, from October 19-20, 2012. Topics of discussion included feminism in the U.S. television series "Star Trek," German film in the National Socialist and postwar eras, and photojournalism about crime in Germany and the United States in the 20th century.

The article reports on a conference on the Second Vatican Council, held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from September 21-22, 2012. Topics of discussion included the role of such theologians as Cardinal Julius Döpfner, Heinrich Fries, and Henri de Lubac, the effect of the council on Catholic churches in Germany, and the German Catholic weekly newspaper "Publik."

The article reports on a conference on German communist activist and publisher Willi Münzenberg, held in Berlin, Germany, from October 12-13, 2012. Topics of discussion included international Communist organizations founded by Münzenberg such as Internationale Arbeiterhilfe (Workers International Relief, IAH/WIR) and the League Against Imperialism, the use of film, photography, and other visual media in Communist propaganda, and Münzenberg's experience as an anti-fascist and anti-Stalinist exile in the 1930s.

The article reports on the conference "Die nationalsozialistische Okkupationspresse in den besetzten Gebieten der Sowjetunion, 1941-1944" (The National Socialist Press in the Occupied Territories of the Soviet Union), held at the University of Heidelberg from November 5-8, 2010. Papers discussed various aspects of press politics and propaganda in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, including their institutional organization, content, reception, and audience, as well as biographical questions.