Geoffrey Parrinder

Geoffrey Parrinder
BornApril 10, 1910
DiedJune 16, 2005
Occupation(s)academic and minister

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.

  1. ^ King, Ursula (5 August 2005). "Obituary: Geoffrey Parrinder". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Geoffrey Parrinder (2000). The Routledge Dictionary of Religious & Spiritual Quotations. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-23393-4.