Church resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945 / Arne Hassing.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-349) and index.

Part I. Preludes. German prelude -- Norwegian preludes -- Part II. Invasion, accommodation, collaboration. Weserübung -- Forging a front -- Part III. Resistance. In defense of a just state -- The NS church system -- Against Nazification -- In defense of the church -- The resignation of the bishops -- In defense of the young -- Easter 1942 -- Part IV. Contesting NS legitimacy. Negotiations? -- The autonomous church -- The NS church -- Part V. Final protests. In defense of Jews -- Against compulsory labor service -- Part VI. Holding out. Between the times -- Part VII. Liberation. The reckoning -- Epilogue: Legacies.