Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
J. Gordon Melton
Born: September 19, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: John Gordon Melton is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion and is currently a research specialist in religion and New Religious Movements with the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Known for:
- The vampire book (1994)
- Encyclopedia of American Religions (1978)
- Encyclopedia Of Protestantism (2005)
- Finding enlightenment (1996)
- The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena (2006)