Ron Geaves BA, MA, PhD, CertEd, is a Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader and Chair in religious studies at the University of Chester in England. His Ph.D. from the University of Leeds was achieved on the topic of community formation amongst British Muslims. He has become known by his expertise in the adaptation and transmigration of religions to the West, especially Islam, Sikhism and Hinduism. He is the author of several books, including The Sufis of Britain (Cardiff: Academic Press, 2000), which explored the manifestations of Islamic mysticism in the UK and The Continuum Glossary of Religious Terminology (London: Continuum, 2001) an extensive glossary of seven major world faiths.

Bibliography

Books

• The Sufis of Britain: An Exploration of Muslim Identity, Cardiff Academic Press (January 1, 2000), ISBN 1899025073
• Continuum Glossary Of Religious Terms, Continuum International Publishing Group (May 1, 2005), ISBN 0826479219
• Aspects of Islam, Georgetown
  
  
  
  University Press (September 30, 2005), ISBN 1589010736
• Islam And The West Post-september 11th, with Theodore Gabriel and Yvonne Haddad, Ashgate Publishing (December 30, 2004), ISBN 0754650057

Articles

• The legitimisation of a North Indian form of Skanda worship in the UK: the transmigration of Baba Balaknath from rural Punjab to urban centres of Britain, with Catherine Barnes, 2nd Skanda-Murukan Conference, Published in DISKUS Vol. 4, No.2 (1996)
• Baba Balaknath: an exploration of religious identity delivered to the British Association for the Study of Religions' Annual Conference September 16th - 19th 1996 at University College of St. Martin, Lancaster.
• From Divine Light Mission to Elan Vital and Beyond: An Exploration of Change and Adaptation. Nova Religio, March 2004, Vol. 7, No. 3, Pages 45-62
• From Totapuri to Maharaji: Reflections on a Lineage (Parampara), (2002). Paper presented at the 27th Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, Oxford. March 2002.