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Encyclopedia of American religions / J. Gordon Melton.
LIBRA BL2525 .M449 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melton, J. Gordon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sects--United States.
- Sects.
- United States.
- Cults--United States.
- Cults.
- Sects--United States--Directories.
- Cults--United States--Directories.
- United States--Religion.
- Religion.
- Genre:
- Directories.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 1150 pages ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Gale Research, 1996.
- Summary:
- "Compact, clearly printed, and a delight to use. A sine qua non for the reference collections of public, academic, and theological libraries". -- American Reference Books Annual
- New Edition Your patrons will find this resource comprehensive as well as compelling, with coverage on more than 2,100 North American religious groups in the U.S. and Canada -- from Adventists to Zen Buddhists. Information on these groups is presented in two distinct sections. These sections contain essays and directory listings that describe the historical development of religious families and give factual information about each group within those families, including, when available, rubrics for membership figures, educational facilities and periodicals.
- This new 5th edition also includes more than 200 new entries in the directory portion, and a new chapter on the Interfaith and Ecumenical family. In addition, numerous indexes help users quickly find the information they're seeking.
- Notes:
- "ISSN 1066-1212."
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810377144
- OCLC:
- 35250496
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