Gerald Benedict graduated in Divinity from the University of London, and has a postgraduate diploma from the School of Ecumenical Studies, University of Geneva, and a Ph.D. from the Open University. His main academic interest is comparative religious philosophy, and after teaching religious studies and philosophy in colleges and universities in Britain, he moved to France. He is the author of the Watkins Dictionary of Religious and Secular Faiths and a number of books about the Mayan civilisation, including The Mayan Prophecies. His most recent book for Watkins was The Five-Minute Philospher (2011). He has won awards for a novel, several short stories, and a radio drama for the BBC World Service.

Gerald Benedict
Books:
- The God Debate
- The Song of Solomon and Psalms Introduction (eBook)
- The Mayan Prophecies for 2012 (eBook)
- The Maya (eBook)
- The Five-Minute Philosopher (eBook)
- Buddhist Wisdom (eBook)
- Chinese Wisdom (eBook)
- Celtic Wisdom (eBook)
- The Watkins Dictionary of Religions and Secular Faiths
- Chinese Wisdom
- The Song of Solomon and Psalms Introduction
- The Bhagavad Gita
- Celtic Wisdom
- Buddhist Wisdom edited
- The Mayan Prophecies for 2012
- The Mayan Prophecies
- The Maya
- The Five-Minute Philosopher