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. JSTOR1908781.
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. JSTOR3710413.