Encyclopedia of American Religions
{{short description|Book by J. Gordon Melton}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Encyclopedia of American Religions
| image = Encyclopedia of American Religions (volume one).jpg
| caption = Cover of the first volume
| editor = J. Gordon Melton
| country = United States
| language = English
| subject = Religion in the United States
| publisher = Gale Cengage Learning
| pub_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.{{cite journal |last1=Lippy |first1=Charles H. |title=The Encyclopedia of American Religions second edition supplement |journal=Journal of American History |volume=75 |issue=4 |date=March 1989 |pages=1401 |doi=10.2307/1908781 |publisher=Organization of American Historians |last2=Melton |first2=J. Gordon |jstor=1908781}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |first1=Robert S. |last1=Michaelson |title=The Encyclopedia of American Religions |journal=Sociological Analysis |volume=41 |issue=3 |date=Autumn 1980 |pages=290 |doi=10.2307/3710413 |publisher=Oxford University Press |last2=Melton |first2=J. Gordon |jstor=3710413}}
- {{cite journal |first=Robert S. |last=Ellwood |authorlink=Robert S. Ellwood|title=The Encyclopedia of American Religions |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Religion |volume=48 |issue=3 |date=September 1980 |pages=474–475}}
- {{cite journal |first=Charles H. |last=Lippy |author2=Peter W. Williams |title=The Encyclopedia of American Religions |journal=Church History |volume=59 |issue=4 |date=December 1990 |pages=596–598 |doi=10.2307/3169191 |publisher=American Society of Church History |jstor=3169191|s2cid=163136444 }}
- {{cite journal |first1=Rodney |last1=Stark |authorlink=Rodney Stark |title=The Encyclopedia of American Religions |journal=Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |volume=18 |issue=4 |date=December 1979 |pages=424–426 |doi=10.2307/1386367 |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |last2=Melton |first2=J. Gordon |jstor=1386367}}
External links
- [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofam0000melt_w0t6 The Encyclopedia of American Religions] (1978; first edition)
- [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofam0000melt The Encyclopedia of American Religions] (1987; second edition)
- [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofam0000melt_v9m7 Encyclopedia of American Religions] (1999; sixth edition)
- {{cite encyclopedia |title=Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions |edition=8th |place=Detroit, Mi |publisher=Gale Cengage Learning |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-787-69696-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/meltonsencyclope0008melt}}
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