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John Bowker teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and the North Carolina State University. He is an Honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, a consultant for UNESCO, as well as a BBC broadcaster.

Bowker was the Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge (1984-91); he formerly taught at Lancaster University. From 1992 to 1997 he was Professor of Divinity at Gresham College, London.

Writings by Bowker

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Religion (2002 -- editor)
The Complete Bible Handbook (1998)
The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-213965-7
What Muslims Believe (1995)
The Meanings of Death (1991)
Jesus and the Pharisees (1973)
The Problems of Suffering in the Religions of the World (1970)
Targums and Rabbinic Literature (1969)