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| Editor | J. Gordon Melton |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Religion in the United States |
| Publisher | Gale Cengage Learning |
Publication date | 17 October 2016 (9th edition) |
| Media type | Print ( Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 1386 |
| ISBN | 978-1414406879 |
Encyclopedia of American Religions, renamed Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions in the eighth edition, is a reference book edited by J. Gordon Melton ( editor-in-chief) first published in 1978, by Consortium Books, A McGrath publishing company. It is currently in its ninth 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. 75 (4). Organization of American Historians: 1401. doi: 10.2307/1908781. JSTOR 1908781.
Further reading
- Michaelson, Robert S.; Melton, J. Gordon (Autumn 1980). "The Encyclopedia of American Religions". Sociological Analysis. 41 (3). Oxford University Press: 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. 59 (4). American Society of Church History: 596–598. doi: 10.2307/3169191. JSTOR 3169191. S2CID 163136444.
- Stark, Rodney; Melton, J. Gordon (December 1979). "The Encyclopedia of American Religions". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 18 (4). Blackwell Publishing: 424–426. doi: 10.2307/1386367. JSTOR 1386367.
External links
- The Encyclopedia of American Religions (1978; first edition)
- The Encyclopedia of American Religions (1987; second edition)
- Encyclopedia of American Religions (1999; sixth edition)
- Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions (8th ed.). Detroit, Mi: Gale Cengage Learning. 2009. ISBN 978-0-787-69696-2.
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