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| Author | J. Gordon Melton | 
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| Country | United States | 
| Language | English | 
| Subject | Religion in the United States | 
| Genre | Reference book | 
| Publisher | Gale Cengage | 
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9 January 2009 (8th edition) | 
| Pages | 1386 | 
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Encyclopedia of American Religions, renamed Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions in the eighth edition, is a reference book by J. Gordon Melton first published in 1978, by Consortium Books, A McGrath publishing company. It is currently in its eighth edition and has become a standard reference work in the study of religion in the United States.