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Encyclopedia of American religions / J. Gordon Melton.
LIBRA BL2525 .M45144 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melton, J. Gordon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sects--United States--Encyclopedias.
- Sects.
- Cults--United States--Encyclopedias.
- Cults.
- Sects--United States--Directories.
- Cults--United States--Directories.
- United States--Religion.
- United States.
- Religion.
- Genre:
- Directories.
- Encyclopedias.
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 1408 pages ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Seventh edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Gale, [2003]
- Summary:
- Students will find this resource comprehensive as well as compelling, with coverage on more than 2,300 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Delphine Okie Richardson Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0787663840
- OCLC:
- 51255143
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