J. Gordon Melton
Born: September 19, 1942 (age 84)
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)
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