Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
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)