Quote of the day
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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)