Geoffrey Parrinder

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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.

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.

From 1958 until his retirement in 1977 he taught at King's College London. Among his students there was the future Episcopal Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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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 0-571-09060-5
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 0-600-00042-7
What World Religions Teach Us (1968)
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 & Christian Beliefs, London: Faber & Faber, (1970), Oxford University Pr. (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
African Traditional Religion, Greenwood Pub. Group, 3rd edition (1970), ISBN 0-8371-3401-3
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
The Indestructible Soul
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 U Press in USA: 1977, ISBN 0-19-502185-1 . Oneworld Publications: 1995, ISBN 1-85168-101-9
Sex in the World's Religions, Oxford Univ. Pr. (1980), ISBN 0-19-520202-3
World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present, Geoffrey Parrinder (editor), Facts on File (1984), ISBN 0-87196-129-6
Encountering World Religions: Questions of Religious Truth, Crossroad Pub. Co. (1987), ISBN 0-8245-0826-2
Son of Joseph: The Parentage of Jesus, T. & T. Clark Publishers, Ltd. (1993), ISBN 0-567-29213-4
A Concise Encyclopedia of Christianity, Oneworld Publications (1998), ISBN 1-85168-174-4
Wisdom of Jesus, Oneworld Publications (2000), ISBN 1-85168-225-2
The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations, Routledge (2001), ISBN 0-415-23393-3
West African Psychology: a Comparative Study of Psychological and Religious Thought, James Clarke Company, (2002), ISBN 0-227-17053-9
Sexual Morality in the World Religions, Oneworld Publications, (2003), ISBN 1-85168-108-6