Encyclopedia of American Religions

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.

Encyclopedia of American Religions

Cover of the first volume
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

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. 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. 59 (4). American Society of Church History: 596–598. doi:10.2307/3169191. JSTOR 3169191. S2CID 163136444.
• 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.

External links

• 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.