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Dag Øistein Endsjø
The History of Immortality

‘Do you really want to live forever?’ With this immortal lyric from the 1980’s as soundtrack, religious historian Dag Øistein Endsjø goes in search of eternal life.

The dream of immortality is possibly as old as humanity itself. One of the few things we all have in common is the knowledge that we shall all die. The alternative appears as simple as it is unachievable. Is it possible to stop our bodies from changing and to preserve them for ever? What would happen if time lost its power over us? What really distinguishes Jesus’ resurrection from the zombies who waken to life in "The Walking Dead"?

The History of Immortality will not give you the prescription for eternal life. Nor does it contain any irrefutable evidence that immortality is possible. What it does offer, however, is a wide-ranging, informative and entertaining account of humanity’s engagement with life’s most central question: What happens to us when we die, and what we might be able to do to avoid it?

Dag Øistein Endsjø

Dag Øistein Endsjø (b. 1968) is Professor of Religious Studies at The University of Bergen. He researches religious topics, writes, takes part in social debate, and is an activist for human rights.
His previous books have been sold to eleven countries.