Edward Geoffrey Simons Parrinder (April 10, 1910 – June 16, 2005)^[1] — known asE.G. Parrinder orGeoffrey Parrinder — was a professor ofComparative Religion atKing's College London, aMethodist 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 inUniversity College of Ibadan,Nigeria.

He traveled widely inAfrica, and inIndia,Pakistan,Ceylon,Burma,Israel,Jordan andTurkey and held lecturing appointments inAustralia,India andAmerica and at Oxford. He worked as amissionary inBenin andCôte d'Ivoire for nearly two decades beginning in 1933, and became an authority on indigenousWest Africanreligions.

From 1958 until his retirement in 1977, he taught atKing's College London.^[3] Among his students there was the futureAnglicanArchbishopDesmond Tutu.

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• West African Religion: Illustrated from the Beliefs and Practices of Yoruba, Ewe, Akan and Kindred Peoples (1949); London: Epworth Press
  • 2nd edition (1961) asWest 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. GroupISBN 0-8371-3401-3
• The Story Of Ketu (1956)
  • 2nd edition asThe Story Of Ketu: An Ancient Yoruba Kingdom (1967); Ibadan University Press
• Witchcraft: European and African (1958), London: Faber & Faber, (1963), (1970)ISBN 0-571-09060-5
  • Also published asWitchcraft: 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 & Unwin
  • 2nd edition (1975); Praeger
• The Faiths of Mankind: A Guide to The World's Living Religions (1965); Crowell
  • Revised (1967) asThe Handbook of Living Religions Arthur Barker Ltd (England)
  • Revised (1974) asThe World's Living Religions; Pan Macmillan
• A Book of World Religions (1965); Hulton Educational Publications
• Jesus in the Qur'an (1965); New York: Barnes & Noble; London: Faber & Faber
  • as e-book (1995); Oneworld PublicationsISBN 1-85168-094-2
• The Christian Approach to the Animist (1966); Edinburgh House Press [Pamphlet]
• The Christian Debate: Light from the East (1966); Doubleday & Co
• African Mythology, Hamlyn Publ Group Ltd (1967),ISBN 0-600-00042-7
• The Significance of the Bhagavad-Gītā for Christian Theology [Lecture] (1968); Dr. Williams's Trust
• What World Religions Teach Us (1968)
• Religion in Africa (1969); Penguin
  • 2nd edition (1976) asAfrica'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) asWorld 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
• Avatar and Incarnation: A Comparison of Indian & Christian Beliefs, London: Faber & Faber, (1970), Oxford University Press. (1982)ISBN 0-19-520361-5
• Upanishads, Gita, and Bible: A Comparative Study of Hindu and Christian Scriptures, Harper & Row (1972),ISBN 0-06-131660-1
• The Indestructible Soul: The Nature of Man and Life after Death in Indian Thought (1973); Allen & 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) asSexual Morality in the World's Religions, Oneworld PublicationsISBN 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) asThe Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations; RoutledgeISBN 0-415-23393-3
• Collins Dictionary of Religious & Spiritual Quotations (1992); HarperCollins
• Son of Joseph: The Parentage of Jesus, T. & T. Clark Publishers, Ltd. (1993),ISBN 0-567-29213-4
• A Concise Encyclopedia of Christianity (1998); Oneworld PublicationsISBN 1-85168-174-4
• The Sayings Of The Buddha (1998); Ecco
• Wisdom of Jesus, Oneworld Publications (2000),ISBN 1-85168-225-2
• In the Belly of the Snake: West Africa Over Sixty Years Ago, Methodist Publishing House (2000),ISBN 1-85852-179-3
• West African Psychology: a Comparative Study of Psychological and Religious Thought, James Clarke Company, (2002),ISBN 0-227-17053-9

• Obituary inThe Guardian

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