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Encyclopedia > Geoffrey Parrinder

Geoffrey Parrinder (April 10, 1910–June 16, 2005), was a professor of comparative religion at King's College London, Methodist minister, and author of over thirty books. At least one of his books, What World Religions Teach Us (1968) was considered a bestseller. April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... -1... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kings College London, founded in 1829, is one of the oldest UK university institutions. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...


He worked as a missionary in Benin and Côte d'Ivoire for nearly two decades beginning in 1933, and became an authority on indigenous West African religions.  Western Africa (UN subregion)  Maghreb West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ...


From 1958 until his retirement in 1977 he taught at King's College London. Among his students there was future Episcopal Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The word episcopal is derived from the Greek επίσκοπος, transliterated epískopos, which literally means overseer; the word, however, is used in religious contexts to refer to a bishop. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... The Most Reverend Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born October 7, 1931) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. ...


Books

  • West African Religion (1949, 1961)
  • African Psychology (1951)
  • An African City (1953)
  • African Traditional Religion, London: SPCK, (1954)
  • The Story Of Ketu (1956)
  • Witchcraft, European and African (1958), London: Faber & Faber, (1963), (1970) ISBN 0571090605
  • The Christian Approach to the Animist
  • The Christian Debate
  • Worship in the World's Religions (1961, 1974)
  • Comparative Religion
  • Asian Religions
  • The Faiths of Mankind: A Guide to The World's Living Religions, Crowell, (1965)
  • African Mythology, Hamlyn Publ Group Ltd (1967), ISBN 0600000427
  • What World Religions Teach Us (1968)
  • A Dictionary of Non-Christian Religions, Westminster John Knox Press (1973), ISBN 0664209815
  • A Book of World Religions
  • Jesus in the Quran, Oneworld Publications (1995), ISBN 1851680942
  • Avatar and Incarnation: A Comparison of Indian & Christian Beliefs, London: Faber & Faber, (1970), Oxford University Pr. (1982) ISBN 0195203615
  • Upanishads, Gita, and Bible: A Comparative Study of Hindu and Christian Scriptures, Harper & Row (1972), ISBN 0061316601
  • African Traditional Religion, Greenwood Pub. Group, 3rd edition (1970), ISBN 0837134013
  • The Bagavad Gita: A Verse Translation, Sheldon Press: London (1974), ISBN 0859690180, Dutton Books (1975), ISBN 0525473904, Oneworld Publications (1996) ISBN 1851681175
  • The Indestructable Soul
  • The Wisdom of the Forest: Selections from the Hindu Upanishads, New York: New Directions, (1976), ISBN 0811206068
  • Mysticism in the World's Religions Sheldon Press in UK: 1976, ISBN 0-85969-085-7. Oxford U Press in USA: 1977, ISBN 0195021851. Oneworld Publications: 1995, ISBN 1851681019
  • Sex in the World's Religions, Oxford Univ. Pr. (1980), ISBN 0195202023
  • World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present, Geoffrey Parrinder (editor), Facts on File (1984), ISBN 0871961296
  • Encountering World Religions: Questions of Religious Truth, Crossroad Pub. Co. (1987), ISBN 0824508262
  • Son of Joseph: The Parentage of Jesus, T. & T. Clark Publishers, Ltd. (1993), ISBN 0567292134
  • A Concise Encyclopedia of Christianity, Oneworld Publications (1998), ISBN 1851681744
  • Wisdom of Jesus, Oneworld Publications (2000), ISBN 1851682252
  • The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations, Routledge (2001), ISBN 0415233933
  • West African Psychology: a Comparative Study of Psychological and Religious Thought, James Clarke Company, (2002), ISBN 0227170539
  • Sexual Morality in the World Religions, Oneworld Publications, (2003), ISBN 1851681086

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Alibris: Geoffrey Parrinder (622 words)
Written by the well-known author Geoffrey Parrinder, this is a succinct yet comprehensive encyclopedia to the largest of the world's faiths.
In this collection of quotations, Parrinder has drawn on all the great books of the world's religions and the words of prophets, scholars and mystics on the nature of the divine, ethics, puzzles of mortality, resurrection and life after death.
Professor Parrinder, a well-known writer in the field, provides a new verse translation that is both accessible and faithful to the original Sanskrit text.
The International Association for the History of Religions (1166 words)
Edward Geoffrey Simons Parrinder was born on April 30, 1910 in New Barnet, Hertfordshire, to a family of liberal and tolerant religious ethos.
It is through his teaching, writing, radio and television talks that Geoffrey Parrinder exercised a wide influence on students, teachers and the general public.
Parrinder was a founder member of the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR), acted as its Honorary Secretary (1960-1972) and subsequently became its President (1972-1977), and then a life member.
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