Edward Geoffrey Parrinder (1910–2005)
Författare till World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present
Om författaren
Geoffrey Parrinder is Emeritus Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions at the University of London
Verk av Edward Geoffrey Parrinder
The indestructible soul;: The nature of man and life after death in Indian thought (1973) 5 exemplar
The Bible and Polygamy 3 exemplar
The way to worship 2 exemplar
Les Vicissitudes de l'Histoire de Ketu 1 exemplar
La sabiduría de los primeros budas 1 exemplar
La sabiduría de los primeros budistas 1 exemplar
La sabiduría del bosque - Las Upanishad 1 exemplar
The story of Ketu, an ancient Yoruba Kingdom 1 exemplar
"African religions" 1 exemplar
storia universale delle religioni 1 exemplar
Themes for living: a source book selected from religious and ethical writings of the world (1973) 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1952) — Förord, vissa utgåvor — 454 exemplar
Pears Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends: Western and Northern Europe, Central and Southern Africa (1977) — Advisory Editor — 10 exemplar
Pears Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends: Oceania and Australia, the Americas (1978) — Advisory Editor — 4 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Parrinder, Edward Geoffrey Simons
- Andra namn
- Parrinder, Geoffrey
- Födelsedag
- 1910-04-30
- Avled
- 2005-06-16
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- England
UK - Födelseort
- New Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- London, England, UK
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
Guernsey, Bailiwick of Guernsey
French West Africa - Utbildning
- Richmond College, London (BD|1932)
University of London (Ph.D|1946|DD|1952) - Yrken
- author
professor (comparative study of religions, King's College, London)
clerk (railway booking)
missionary (Africa)
lecturer (dept. of religious studies, University College, Ibadan, Nigeria)
reader (comparative study of religions, King's College, London) (visa alla 11)
editor
lecturer
professor (visiting, International Christian University, Tokyo, 1977-78)
lecture (visiting, University of Surrey, 1978-82)
minister (ordination 1936) - Organisationer
- British Association for the Study of Religions (founder ∙ honorary secretary ∙ 1960-72 ∙ president ∙ 1972-77 ∙ life member)
London Society for the Study of Religion (president ∙ 1980-82)
London Society of Jews and Christians (president ∙ 1981-90 ∙ and honorary life president)
Shap working party (founder member and co-president ∙ helped advance the study of religion as a significant subject)
King's College London - Priser och utmärkelser
- Awarded a personal chair in 1970, he was dean of the faculty of theology (1972-74) and retired in 1977.
- Kort biografi
- His publishing output was phenomenal, including 29 single-authored and six edited books between 1949 and 1992, as well as numerous shorter works. He went on writing until January 2003, after 45 years producing his last report on religion for the Annual Register of World Events.
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Statistik
- Verk
- 55
- Även av
- 5
- Medlemmar
- 1,661
- Popularitet
- #15,474
- Betyg
- 3.6
- Recensioner
- 11
- ISBN
- 125
- Språk
- 9
- Favoritmärkt
- 1