Edward Geoffrey Simons Parrinder (April 10, 1910 – June 16, 2005)[1] — known as E.G. Parrinder or Geoffrey Parrinder — was a professor of Comparative Religion at King's College London, a Methodist minister, and the author of over 30 books on world religions.[2] At least one — What World Religions Teach Us (1968) — achieved bestseller status. He was an authority, and pioneering researcher, on West African indigenous religions.
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Parrinder was Professor of the Comparative Study of Religion in the University of London. After ordination (1936) he spent twenty years teaching in West Africa and Studying African religions, before becoming the founder member of the Department of Religious Studies in University College of Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Edward Geoffrey Simons Parrinder April 10 1910 June 16 2005 1 known as E G Parrinder or Geoffrey Parrinder was a professor of Comparative Religion at King s College London a Methodist minister and the author of over 30 books on world religions 2 At least one What World Religions Teach Us 1968 achieved bestseller status He was an authority and pioneering researcher on West African indigenous religions Geoffrey ParrinderBornApril 10 1910DiedJune 16 2005Occupation s academic and minister Contents 1 Biography 2 Books 3 References 4 External linksBiography editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it February 2013 Parrinder was Professor of the Comparative Study of Religion in the University of London After ordination 1936 he spent twenty years teaching in West Africa and Studying African religions before becoming the founder member of the Department of Religious Studies in University College of Ibadan Nigeria He traveled widely in Africa and in India Pakistan Ceylon Burma Israel Jordan and Turkey and held lecturing appointments in Australia India and America and at Oxford He worked as a missionary in Benin and Cote d Ivoire for nearly two decades beginning in 1933 and became an authority on indigenous West African religions From 1958 until his retirement in 1977 he taught at King s College London 3 Among his students there was the future Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu Books editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items February 2013 West African Religion Illustrated from the Beliefs and Practices of Yoruba Ewe Akan and Kindred Peoples 1949 London Epworth Press 2nd edition 1961 as West African Religion A Study of the Beliefs and Practices of Akan Ewe Yoruba Ibo and Kindred Peoples African Psychology 1951 Religion In An African City 1953 African Traditional Religion London SPCK 1954 2nd edition 19 3rd edition 1970 Harper Forum Books Greenwood Pub Group ISBN 0 8371 3401 3 The Story Of Ketu 1956 2nd edition as The Story Of Ketu An Ancient Yoruba Kingdom 1967 Ibadan University Press Witchcraft European and African 1958 London Faber amp Faber 1963 1970 ISBN 0 571 09060 5 Also published as Witchcraft A Critical Study Of The Belief In Witchcraft From The Records Of Witch Hunting In Europe Yesterday And Africa Today An Introduction to Asian Religions 1958 S P C K The Bible and Polygamy A Study of Hebrew and Christian Teaching 1958 S P C K A Daily Bible and Prayerbook 1960 S P C K Worship in the World s Religions 1961 1974 Comparative Religion 1962 Allen amp Unwin 2nd edition 1975 Praeger The Faiths of Mankind A Guide to The World s Living Religions 1965 Crowell Revised 1967 as The Handbook of Living Religions Arthur Barker Ltd England Revised 1974 as The World s Living Religions Pan Macmillan A Book of World Religions 1965 Hulton Educational Publications The Christian Approach to the Animist 1966 Edinburgh House Press Pamphlet The Christian Debate Light from the East 1966 Doubleday amp Co African Mythology Hamlyn Publ Group Ltd 1967 ISBN 0 600 00042 7 The Significance of the Bhagavad Gita for Christian Theology Lecture 1968 Dr Williams s Trust What World Religions Teach Us 1968 Religion in Africa 1969 Penguin 2nd edition 1976 as Africa s Three Religions Sheldon Press Man and His Gods Encyclopaedia of the World s Religions 1971 U S title Religions of the World From Primitive Beliefs to Modern Faiths Madison Square Press Revised edition 1983 as World Religions From Ancient History to the Present Facts on File ISBN 0 87196 129 6 A Dictionary of Non Christian Religions Westminster John Knox Press 1973 ISBN 0 664 20981 5 A Book of World Religions Jesus in the Quran Oneworld Publications 1995 ISBN 1 85168 094 2 Avatar and Incarnation A Comparison of Indian amp Christian Beliefs London Faber amp Faber 1970 Oxford University Press 1982 ISBN 0 19 520361 5 Upanishads Gita and Bible A Comparative Study of Hindu and Christian Scriptures Harper amp Row 1972 ISBN 0 06 131660 1 The Indestructible Soul The Nature of Man and Life after Death in Indian Thought 1973 Allen amp Unwin The Bagavad Gita A Verse Translation Sheldon Press London 1974 ISBN 0 85969 018 0 Dutton Books 1975 ISBN 0 525 47390 4 Oneworld Publications 1996 ISBN 1 85168 117 5 Something After Death 1974 NCEC The Wisdom of the Forest Selections from the Hindu Upanishads New York New Directions 1976 ISBN 0 8112 0606 8 Mysticism in the World s Religions Sheldon Press in UK 1976 ISBN 0 85969 085 7 Oxford University Press in USA 1977 ISBN 0 19 502185 1 Oneworld Publications 1995 ISBN 1 85168 101 9 The Wisdom of the Early Buddhists 1977 Directions Sex in the World s Religions Oxford University Press 1980 ISBN 0 19 520202 3 Revised edition 1996 as Sexual Morality in the World s Religions Oneworld Publications ISBN 1 85168 108 6 Encountering World Religions Questions of Religious Truth Crossroad Pub Co 1987 ISBN 0 8245 0826 2 A Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations 1990 Routledge 2nd edition 2000 as The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations Routledge ISBN 0 415 23393 3 Collins Dictionary of Religious amp Spiritual Quotations 1992 HarperCollins Son of Joseph The Parentage of Jesus T amp T Clark Publishers Ltd 1993 ISBN 0 567 29213 4 A Concise Encyclopedia of Christianity 1998 Oneworld Publications ISBN 1 85168 174 4 The Sayings Of The Buddha 1998 Ecco Wisdom of Jesus Oneworld Publications 2000 ISBN 1 85168 225 2 West African Psychology a Comparative Study of Psychological and Religious Thought James Clarke Company 2002 ISBN 0 227 17053 9References edit King Ursula 5 August 2005 Obituary Geoffrey Parrinder The Guardian Geoffrey Parrinder 2000 The Routledge Dictionary of Religious amp Spiritual Quotations Routledge ISBN 978 0 415 23393 4 John Pritchard 2016 Methodists and their Missionary Societies 1900 1996 Routledge p 5 PT52 ISBN 978 1 317 09702 0 External links editObituary in The Guardian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geoffrey Parrinder amp oldid 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