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245 00 Melton's encyclopedia of American religions /|cJ. Gordon 
       Melton ; James Beverley, Constance Jones, Pamela S. Nadell,
       associate editors ; foreword by Rodney Stark.||h[Gale 
       electronic resource] 
246 30 Encyclopedia of American religions 
250    8th edition. 
264  1 Detroit :|bGale, Cengage Learning,|c2009. 
300    1 online resource (xxvi, 1386 pages) :|billustrations, 
       maps 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
490 0  Gale eBooks 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  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 -
       - Interfaith and ecumenical family of organizations -- 
       Western liturgical family -- Anglicanism -- Eastern 
       liturgical family -- Lutheran family -- Reformed-
       Presbyterian family -- Pietist-Methodist family -- 
       Holiness family -- Pentecostal family -- European Free-
       Church family -- Baptist family -- Independent 
       Fundamentalist family -- Adventist family -- Liberal 
       family -- Latter-Day Saints family -- Communal family -- 
       Western esoteric family I: ancient wisdom -- Western 
       esoteric family II: spiritualism and new age -- Western 
       esoteric family III: Magick -- Western esoteric family IV:
       Christian Science/Metaphysical -- Middle Eastern family, 
       Part I: Judaism -- Middle Eastern family, Part II: Islam, 
       Zoroastrianism, and Baha'I -- Eastern family, Part I: 
       Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism -- Eastern family, Part II: 
       Buddhism, Shinto, Japanese new religions -- Unclassified 
       Christian churches -- Unclassified religious groups. 
520    Covers numerous North American religious groups in the 
       U.S. and Canada. Includes essays and directory listings 
       describing the historical development of religious 
       families and providing factual information about each 
       group within those families. Provides, when available, 
       rubrics for membership figures, educational facilities and
       periodicals. 
588    Description based on print version record. 
650  0 Sects|zUnited States. 
650  0 Cults|zUnited States. 
650  0 Sects|zUnited States|vDirectories. 
650  0 Cults|zUnited States|vDirectories. 
651  0 United States|xReligion|vEncyclopedias. 
700 1  Melton, J. Gordon,|eeditor. 
700 1  Beverley, James A.,|eeditor. 
700 1  Jones, Constance M.,|eeditor. 
700 1  Nadell, Pamela Susan,|eeditor. 
710 2  Gale Group. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|tMelton's encyclopedia of American 
       religions.|dDetroit : Gale, Cengage Learning, c2009
       |z9780787696962|w(DLC)   2008037465 
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       u=napervillepl|zAvailable on Gale eBooks