Article: Melton, J. Gordon. The encyclopedia of religious phenomena.(Young adult review)(Book review)

MELTON, J. Gordon. The encyclopedia of religious phenomena. Visible Ink Press. (43311 Joy Rd., #414, Canton, MI 48187-2075). 380p. illus. bibliogs, index, c2008. 1-57859-209-7. $24.95. JSA

This is not a flashy book. The illustrations are b/w, and the text is descriptive, not polemical. The work is not an effort to promote religious phenomena, nor to pass judgment. Where relevant, Melton reports on scientific investigations that have disproved a phenomenon, but more often he describes what people report they have experienced. Melton is a director of the Institute for the Study of American Religions and affiliated with the Department of Religious Studies at the ...

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