Encyclopedia of American Religions

Encyclopedia of American Religions 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

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.