▁accord ▁with ▁the ▁norm ▁of ▁the ▁day , ▁she ▁and ▁her ▁two ▁younger ▁sister s ▁were ▁bapt ised ▁and ▁with ▁their ▁mother ▁regularly ▁attended ▁the ▁local ▁Luther an ▁church , ▁the ▁milieu ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁raised ▁was ▁a ▁thoroughly ▁sec ular ▁one . ▁Und set ▁spent ▁much ▁of ▁her ▁life ▁as ▁an ▁ag nost ic , ▁but ▁marriage ▁and ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War ▁were ▁to ▁change ▁her ▁att itudes . ▁During ▁those ▁difficult ▁years ▁she ▁experienced ▁a ▁crisis ▁of ▁faith , ▁almost ▁imper cept ible ▁at ▁first , ▁then ▁increasing ly ▁strong . ▁The ▁crisis ▁led ▁her ▁from ▁clear ▁ag nost ic ▁ske ptic ism , ▁by ▁way ▁of ▁pain ful ▁une as iness ▁about ▁the ▁eth ical ▁decl ine ▁of ▁the ▁age , ▁towards ▁Christian ity . ▁ ▁In ▁all ▁her ▁writing , ▁one ▁sens es ▁an ▁observ ant ▁eye ▁for ▁the ▁mystery ▁of ▁life ▁and ▁for ▁that ▁which ▁cannot ▁be ▁explained ▁by ▁reason ▁or ▁the ▁human ▁intellect . ▁At ▁the ▁back ▁of ▁her ▁so ber , ▁almost ▁brut al ▁real ism , ▁there ▁is ▁always ▁an ▁in k ling ▁of ▁something ▁un answer able . ▁At ▁any ▁rate , ▁this ▁crisis ▁rad ically ▁changed ▁her ▁views ▁and ▁ide ology . ▁Where as ▁she ▁had ▁once ▁believed ▁that ▁man ▁created ▁God , ▁she ▁eventually ▁came ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁God ▁created ▁man . ▁ ▁However , ▁she ▁did ▁not ▁turn ▁to ▁the ▁established ▁Luther an ▁Church ▁of ▁Norway , ▁where ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁nomin ally ▁re ared .