Encyclopedia of American Religions

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Encyclopedia of American Religions
Encyclopedia of American Religions (volume one).jpg
Cover of the first volume
Editor J. Gordon Melton
LanguageEnglish
Subject Religion in the United States
Publisher Gale Cengage Learning
Publication date
17 October 2016 (9th edition)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages1386
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]

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References

  1. 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.

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