Encyclopedia of American Religions
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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]
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| Editor | J. Gordon Melton |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Religion in the United States |
| Publisher | Gale Cengage Learning |
Publication date | 17 October 2016 (9th edition) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 1386 |
| ISBN | 978-1414406879 |
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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): 474–475.474-475&rft.date=1980-09&rft.aulast=Ellwood&rft.aufirst=Robert S.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Encyclopedia of American Religions" class="Z3988">
- 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 163136444.596-598&rft.date=1990-12&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:163136444#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3169191#id-name=JSTOR&rft_id=info:doi/10.2307/3169191&rft.aulast=Lippy&rft.aufirst=Charles H.&rft.au=Peter W. Williams&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Encyclopedia of American Religions" class="Z3988">
- 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 1386367.424-426&rft.date=1979-12&rft_id=info:doi/10.2307/1386367&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1386367#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Stark&rft.aufirst=Rodney&rft.au=Melton, J. Gordon&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Encyclopedia of American Religions" class="Z3988">
External links
edit- 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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