Edition

8th ed.

Place of Publication

Detroit MI

Publisher

Gale

Publication Date

c2009

Physical Description

xxvi, 1386 p. ; 28.5 x 21.3 cm.

Material Type

Book

Notes

"Eighth Edition".

"J. Gordon Melton. James Beverley, Associate Editor. Constance Jones, Assistant Editor. Pamela S. Nadell, Assistant Editor."

"Foreword by Rodney Stark".

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents include prefatory essays followed by 26 main sections/ religious families and further sub-divided into individual churches/sects.

Contents: Foreword / Rodney Stark -- Preface dated January 2009 / J. Gordon Melton -- Introduction to the Eighth Edition -- Selections from the Introduction to the First Edition / J. Gordon Melton -- User's Guide -- Key to Abbreviations -- The Development of American Religion: An Interpretive View -- Religion in Canada: A Historical Survey, 1500 to the Present -- American Religion in the Twenty-first Century -- 1. Interfaith and Ecumenical Family of Organizations -- 2. Western Liturgical Family -- 3. Anglicanism -- 4. Eastern Liturgical Family -- 5. Lutheran Family -- 6. Reformed-Presbyterian Family -- 7. Pietist-Methodist Family -- 8. Holiness Family -- 9. Pentecostal Family -- 10. European Free-Church Family --11. Baptist Family -- 12. Independent Fundamentalist Family -- 13. Adventist Family -- 14. Liberal Family -- 15. Latter-day Saints Family -- 16. Communal Family -- 17. Western Esoteric Family I: Ancient Wisdom -- 18. Western Esoteric Family II: Spiritualism and New Age -- 19. Western Esoteric Family III: Magick -- 20. Western Esoteric Family IV: Christian Science/Metaphysical -- 21. Middle Eastern Family, Part I: Judaism -- 22. Middle Eastern Family, Part II: Islam, Zoroastrianism, and Baha'i -- 23. Eastern Family, Part I: Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism -- 24. Eastern Family, Part II: Buddhism, Shinto, Japanese New Religions -- 25. Unclassified Christian Churches -- 26. Unclassified Religious Groups -- Defunct Appendix -- Geographic Appendix -- Index.

OTCH Note: 8th ed. (2009) (like the 7th ed. (2003)and 6th edition of 1998) includes a section on "Anglicanism" but does NOT include an entry for the Anglican Church of Canada although it lists the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada and Episcopal Church.

Added Entry

Melton, J. Gordon (John Gordon), 1942-

Beverley, James A., 1954-

Jones, Constance M.

Nadell, Pamela Susan

Encyclopedia of American Religions

Subjects

Sects - Canada - Directories

Sects - United States - Directories

Cults - Canada - Directories

Cults - United States - Directories

Christian sects - Canada - Directories

Christian sects - United States - Directories

Religion - Canada - 1960-

Religion - United States - 1960-

Canada - Religion - 20th century - Directories

United States - Religion - 20th century - Directories

Traditionalist Anglican churches - Directories

Continuing Anglican churches - United States - Directories

ISBN

978-0-7876-96962-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISSN

1066-1212

Call Number

BL 2525 M4E5 2009

Location

General Synod Archives

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