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Dag Øistein Endsjø (born 11 November 1968 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a Norwegian professor of religious studies and expert in human rights at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the most translated Norwegian scholar in religion, published in thirteen languages.[1]
Endsjø research focuses on the continuity between traditional Greek religion and early Christian beliefs, sexuality and religion, immortality beliefs, religion and human rights, and religion and popular culture.
In his book Greek Resurrection Beliefs and the Success of Christianity (2009), he demonstrates how Christian resurrection beliefs also connect to ancient Greek beliefs in resurrection and physical immortality and may have contributed to the early success of Christianity in the Hellenistic Mediterranean.[2] The book Primordial Landscapes, Incorruptible Bodies (2008) deals with the continuity of geography, asceticism, immortality between traditional Greek and early Christian worldviews.[3] His book Flesh and Bones Forever: A History of Immortality examines the history of immortality beliefs in the Western tradition,[4] and is published in English, Latvian,[5] and Norwegian.[6]
His book Sex and Religion: Teachings and Taboos in the History of World Faiths has been published in twelve languages: English,[7] Arabic,[8] Bulgarian,[9] Chinese,[10] Italian,[11] Macedonian,[12] Norwegian,[13] Polish,[14] Portuguese,[15] Serbian,[16] Swedish,[17] and Ukrainian.[18]
As an expert on human rights, Endsjø has published several texts[19] and also contributed to change the Norwegian equal rights legislation more in accordance with international human rights, as well as the national debate on equal rights into a general discussion of human rights.[20] In a 2023 formal report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity used Endsjø’s article “The Other Way around? How Freedom of Religion May Protect LGBT Rights” as the basis for pointing out that freedom of religion also protects pro-LGBT beliefs.[21]
Endsjø has published various texts on religion and popular culture,[22] and on ancient Greek religion.[23] He writes frequently on a variety of political and popularized subjects in Norwegian media.[24]
Endsjø is also the designer of the coat of arms of Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal.[25] He participated in the Norwegian selection for the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest as a lyricist and as part of the band SubDiva.
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