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John Gordon Melton (born September 19, 1942) is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion and is currently the Distinguished Professor of American Religious History with the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he resides. [1]
J. Gordon Melton. The New Age Encyclopedia: A Guide to the Beliefs, Concepts, Terms, People, and Organizations That Make Up the New Global Movement Toward Spiritual Development, Health and ….
Dr. Melton is a scholar and director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion, which publishes encyclopedias and studies on various religions. He is also a retired professor of Baylor University and a pioneer in New Religions Studies.
Learn about J. Gordon Melton, a distinguished professor of American religious history and the director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion. Explore his contributions to the study of new and minority religions, millennialism, and the public benefit of religion.
J. Gordon Melton is Director of the Institute for the Study of American Religions and a specialist in religion in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a leading scholar of New Religious Movements and the author of such standard reference works as the Encyclopedia of American Religions.
Distinguished Professor of American Religious History, Institute for Studies in Religion, Baylor University; Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion, Woodway, Texas. Author of La Chiesa di Scientology; editor of Encyclopedia of American Religions and others.
Dr. J. Gordon Melton's Introduction to the forthcoming book The Brainwashing Controversy: An Anthology of Essential Documents, edited by J. Gordon Melton and Massimo Introvigne, to be published in several languages.
