[A] very informative, exciting, and stimulating book about the resistance of the Church of Norway to Nazism during the German occupation 1940-1945....It is an important contribution. -- Torleiv Austad * Lutheran Quarterly * Hassing's book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the Norwegian Church during the Nazi occupation. One of the few books on this topic available in English, this book speaks to larger issues concerning the relationship between church and state, religious ethics, and resistance and should be of interest to a wide range of scholars of religious history, political history, the history of World War II and Norwegian history. -- Anna M. Peterson * Journal of Church and State * Hassing's volume is an important contribution to the literature. . . . This book is a "must" for the library of anyone interested in the Lutheran Church, national politics during the Nazi era, twentieth-century Norwegian history, and church resistance in the face of adversity. -- Brenda L. Gaydosh * Historian, The * Hassing weaves a compelling story. His account of the struggle that was waged to prevent the establishment of a youth organization modeled after the Hitler Youth is particularly striking. -- Patrick Bernhard * American Historical Review *