Encyclopedia of American Religions
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| Author | J. Gordon Melton |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Religion in the United States |
| Genre | Reference book |
| Publisher | Gale Cengage |
Publication date | 9 January 2009 (8th edition) |
| Pages | 1386 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7876-9696-2 |
Encyclopedia of American Religions, renamed Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions in the eighth edition, is a reference book by J. Gordon Melton first published in 1978, by Consortium Books, A McGrath publishing company. It is currently in its eighth edition and has become a standard reference work in the study of religion in the United States.[1]
References
- ↑ Lippy, Charles H.; Melton, J. Gordon (March 1989). "The Encyclopedia of American Religions second edition supplement". Journal of American History (Organization of American Historians) 75 (4): 1401. doi:10.2307/1908781. JSTOR 1908781.
Further reading
- Michaelson, Robert S.; Melton, J. Gordon (Autumn 1980). "The Encyclopedia of American Religions". Sociological Analysis (Oxford University Press) 41 (3): 290. doi:10.2307/3710413. JSTOR 3710413.
- Ellwood, Robert S. (September 1980). "The Encyclopedia of American Religions". Journal of the American Academy of Religion 48 (3): 474–475.
- Lippy, Charles H.; Peter W. Williams (December 1990). "The Encyclopedia of American Religions". Church History (American Society of Church History) 59 (4): 596–598. doi:10.2307/3169191. JSTOR 3169191.
- Stark, Rodney; Melton, J. Gordon (December 1979). "The Encyclopedia of American Religions". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Blackwell Publishing) 18 (4): 424–426. doi:10.2307/1386367. JSTOR 1386367.
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