Geoffrey Parrinder's Books

A collection of quotations from religious literature, organized by topic, includes selections from the Bible, Koran, Zoroastrian Gathas, Hindu Vedas, Buddhist Dhammapada, the Chinese Tao Te Ching, and more.

This comparative study of African religion and psychology deals with the idea of the soul and the spiritual powers of man and animals in West African belief. Based on personal research supported by anthropological study, it covers most of the coast and hinterland from the Ivory Coast to Eastern Nigeria. It records beliefs in a future life; reincarnation; metamorphosis; ghosts; hysterical possession; soul-eating by witches; and the interpretation of dreams.

An essential introduction to the influence of Jesus in contemporary Qur’anic teachings In Jesus in the Qur'an, written for both Christians and Muslims, for specialists as well as general readers, Parrinder offers a study of Qur'anic teachings about the birth, life, work, death and resurrection of Jesus. Parrinder explores all ninety-three verses in the Qur'an in which Jesus is mentioned, setting them in the context of the work as a whole and drawing parallels with the Christian gospels wherever possible.

Described by the author as " A systematic theology from a liturgical perspective" or "a theology of worship

How did the universe come to exist? What is the nature of its creator? Is there a purpose to human existence? What is it to live a good life? The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations offers not just one, but many, answers to these questions. Geoffrey Parrinder has drawn on all the great books of world religions - the Bible, the Qur'an, Zoroastrian Gathas, Hindu Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, Jewish Mishnah, Sikh Adi Granth and Chinese Tao Te Ching - in this collection of over 3000 quotations. Discover the words of prophets, scholars and mystics on matters spiritual and moral, as well as Plato on sexuality, Freud on religion and Gandhi on violence. Originally published in 1990, The Routledge Dictionary of Religious Quotations is now reissued with a new preface by Geoffrey Parrinder.

Written by contributors representing the Anglican, Roman Catholic, Free Church, and Orthodox traditions, this collection examines the nature and form of individual Christian devotion throughout the centuries.

Though it is clearly an exceptionally important part of popular culture, witchcraft has generated a variety of often contradictory interpretations, starting from widely differing premises about the nature of witchcraft, its social role and the importance of higher theology as well as more popular beliefs. This work offers a conspectus of historical work on witchcraft in Europe, and shows how many trends converged to form the figure of the witch, and varied from one part of Europe to another.

Book's by Geoffrey Parrinder

The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations

The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations

West African Psychology

West African Psychology

Jesus in the Qur'an

Jesus in the Qur'an

Doxology: A Systematic Theology

Doxology: A Systematic Theology

The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations

The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations

The Study of Spirituality

The Study of Spirituality

Godly Zeal and Furious Rage (RLE Witchcraft)

Godly Zeal and Furious Rage (RLE Witchcraft)

West African Psychology

West African Psychology

Jesus in the Qur'an

Jesus in the Qur'an

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