Muraresku, Brian C., The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name

Authors

  • Lucas F. Johnston Wake Forest University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.23577

Keywords:

Paganism, Folk Christianity

Abstract

Muraresku, Brian C., The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name (New
York: St. Martin’s Press, 2020), 480 pp., $29.99 (hbk), ISBN: 9781250207142.

Author Biography

  • Lucas F. Johnston, Wake Forest University

    Dr. Johnston’s interdisciplinary educational background includes degrees in Religion and Nature (PhD), Environmental Ethics (Graduate Certificate), Theology (MA), and Psychology (BA). His research focuses on the relationships between biocultural evolution and religion, with particular attention to environmental social movements and cross-cultural political dialog related to ideas about nature. He is the author of Religion and Sustainability: Social Movements and the Politics of the Environment (2013), co-editor of Science and Religion: One Planet, Many Possibilities (2014), and editor of Higher Education for Sustainability: Cases, Challenges and Opportunities Across the Curriculum (2012).

References

Clifton, Chas. 2005. ‘Entheogens’, in B. Taylor (ed.) Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (London: Continuum): 596–97.

Eisenberg, Evan. 1998. The Ecology of Eden (London: Picador).

Whitaker, Jarrod L. 2011. ‘Who Gets to Live Forever in Ancient India? Rethinking ayus (“life”) in the Rgveda’. In in S. Lindquist (ed.) Religion and Identity in South Asia and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Patrick Olivelle (London; New York: Anthem Press): 42–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.7135/UPO9780857288110.

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Published

2023-07-11

Issue

Book Reviews: Volume 17, 2023-Open Access

Section

Book Reviews

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How to Cite

Johnston, L. F. (2023). Muraresku, Brian C., The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.23577