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...

ISBN 978-0791412138. Lewis, James R.; Melton, J. Gordon (1992). "Introduction". In James R. Lewis; J. Gordon Melton (eds.). Perspectives on the New Age...

on Scientology in his book World Religions in America. According to J. Gordon Melton, "Scientologists aim to utterly remake the world instead of taking...

Hermeneutics (with Daniel J. Meckel; Paulist Press, 1990). Self and Liberation: The Jung-Buddhist Dialogue (with Daniel J. Meckel; Paulist Press, 1992)...

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...

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...

Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 99 J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia...

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...

Hinduism: A–M (PDF). The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0823931798. J. Gordon Melton (2011). Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals...

their religion within mainstream Christian teaching, according to J. Gordon Melton, and reject any identification with the New Thought movement. Eddy...

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...

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...

Charismatic Christianity, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2013, page 117 J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

Pentecostal Women in Ministry, BRILL, Leyde, 2011, p. 46 Larry G. Murphy, J. Gordon Melton, Gary L. Ward, Encyclopedia of African American Religions, Routledge...

Luigi Berzano, Gianni Ambrosio, Reender Kranenborg, Eileen Barker and J. Gordon Melton. Berzano, who later became CESNUR's president, is a professor of sociology...

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...

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...

Hindu religions, in particular the Radha Soami movement. However, J. Gordon Melton finds significant differences between Radha Soami teachings and Eckankar...

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...

customarily give some money in return. Lochtefeld 2002, pp. 314–315 J. Gordon Melton (2011). Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals...

sources in their reconstruction of an eastern travel path for Jesus. J. Gordon Melton states that having assumed the mujaddid (faith renewer) appellation...

Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 99 J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia...

Religions, renamed Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions in the eighth edition, is a reference book edited by J. Gordon Melton (editor-in-chief)...

states, Jain wealthiest community: National survey". 13 January 2018. J. Gordon Melton & Martin Baumann 2010, p. 1555. Dundas 2002, p. 246. Gregory, Robert...