John Gordon Melton (born September 19, 1942) is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American...
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ISBN 978-0791412138. Lewis, James R.; Melton, J. Gordon (1992). "Introduction". In James R. Lewis; J. Gordon Melton (eds.). Perspectives on the New Age...
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on Scientology in his book World Religions in America. According to J. Gordon Melton, "Scientologists aim to utterly remake the world instead of taking...
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Hermeneutics (with Daniel J. Meckel; Paulist Press, 1990). Self and Liberation: The Jung-Buddhist Dialogue (with Daniel J. Meckel; Paulist Press, 1992)...
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Guru". Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Encyclopedia of World Religions. J. Gordon Melton, Series Editor. New York: Facts On File. pp. 411–412. ISBN 978-0-8160-5458-9...
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Fifth Edition, ed. J. Gordon Melton, Gale group, vol 2, p. 1327-1328 Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America by J. Gordon Melton, Routledge, p.99-100...
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Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 99 J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia...
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Long 2009, pp. 26, 42. Potter 2007, pp. 35–36. Dundas 2002, p. 22. J Gordon Melton 2011, p. 255. Jeffery D. Long 2009, p. 42. Jyotindra Jain & Eberhard...
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Hinduism: A–M (PDF). The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0823931798. J. Gordon Melton (2011). Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals...
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their religion within mainstream Christian teaching, according to J. Gordon Melton, and reject any identification with the New Thought movement. Eddy...
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According to Perspectives on the New Age edited by James R. Lewis and J. Gordon Melton and published in 1992, the Advanced Ability Center formed in Milan...
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are also "I AM" musicals that are free for listening over the web. J. Gordon Melton, an American religious scholar, studied the group and ranked it in...
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Charismatic Christianity, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2013, page 117 J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia...
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mid-1980s debate about apologetic methodology between Ronald Enroth and J. Gordon Melton, led the latter to place more emphasis in his publications on differentiating...
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systems. Wallis asserts that cults emerge from the "cultic milieu". J. Gordon Melton stated that, in 1970, "one could count the number of active researchers...
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131 J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 944 J. Gordon...
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ISBN 0-8103-8878-2. Melton, J. Gordon (2000). American Religions: An Illustrated History. Santa Barbara, Ca: ABC-Clio. Melton, J. Gordon, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia...
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Jewish people into their ranks." Outreach Judaism was described by J. Gordon Melton in 2002 as an example of "the current state of Jewish counter-cult...
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(Elan Vital) are considered to be part of the Sant Mat tradition by J. Gordon Melton, Lucy DuPertuis, and Vishal Mangalwadi, but that characterization is...
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Pentecostal Women in Ministry, BRILL, Leyde, 2011, p. 46 Larry G. Murphy, J. Gordon Melton, Gary L. Ward, Encyclopedia of African American Religions, Routledge...
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growing popularity of new religious movements on the Internet. In 2006 J. Gordon Melton, executive director of the Institute for the Study of American Religions...
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sign, as were larger than normal ears, teeth or eyes. According to J. Gordon Melton, from his book, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead, in...
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Hindu religions, in particular the Radha Soami movement. However, J. Gordon Melton finds significant differences between Radha Soami teachings and Eckankar...
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J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 1417 J. Gordon...
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customarily give some money in return. Lochtefeld 2002, pp. 314–315 J. Gordon Melton (2011). Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals...
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sources in their reconstruction of an eastern travel path for Jesus. J. Gordon Melton states that having assumed the mujaddid (faith renewer) appellation...
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Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 99 J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia...
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Religions, renamed Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions in the eighth edition, is a reference book edited by J. Gordon Melton (editor-in-chief)...
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states, Jain wealthiest community: National survey". 13 January 2018. J. Gordon Melton & Martin Baumann 2010, p. 1555. Dundas 2002, p. 246. Gregory, Robert...
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