Geoffrey Wainwright

The Reverend Geoffrey Wainwright
Born	1939 (1939) Monk Bretton, England
Died	17 March 2020(2020-03-17) (aged 80–81)
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Methodist)
Church	Methodist Church of Great Britain
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of Geneva
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Institutions	Union Theological Seminary Duke University
Notable works	Doxology: The Praise of God in Worship, Doctrine and Life (1980) The Oxford History of Christian Worship (2006)

Geoffrey Wainwright (1939 – 17 March 2020) was an English theologian. He spent much of his career in the United States and taught at Duke Divinity School. Wainwright made major contributions to modern Methodist theology and Christian liturgy, and played a significant role on producing the text Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, as a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC).^[1]