Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945 examines the evolution of the Lutheran state Church of Norway in response to the German occupation. While German Protestant churches generally accepted Nazism and state incorporation, Norway's churches rejected both Nazism and ideological alignment. Arne Hassing moves through the history of the Church of Norway's relationship to the Nazi state, from its initial confused complicities to its open resistance and separation. He writes engagingly of the people at the center of this struggle and reflects on how the resistance affected the postwar church and state.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Map of the Church of Norway's dioceses in 1940
Part One | Preludes
1. German Prelude 5
2. Norwegian Preludes
Part Two | Invasion, Accommodation, Collaboration
3. Weserubung
4. Forging a Front
Part Three | Resistance
5. In Defense of a Just State
6. The NS Church System
7. Against Nazification
8. In Defense of the Church
9. The Resignation of the Bishops
10. In Defense of the Young
11. Easter 1942
Part Four | Contesting NS Legitimacy
12. Negotiations?
13. The Autonomous Church
14. The NS Church
Part Five | Final Protests
15. In Defense of Jews
16. Against Compulsory Labor Service
Part Six | Holding Out
17. Between the Times
Part Seven | Liberation
18. The Reckoning
Epilogue: Legacies
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Arne Hassing is professor emeritus of religious studies at Northern Arizona University.