New Age Almanac [Paperback]

J. Gordon Melton (Author), Jerome Clark (Author), Aidan A. Kelly (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Visible Ink Pr (January 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810394022
• ISBN-13: 978-0810394025
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,260,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

J. Gordon Melton is the Distinguished Professor of American Religious History at the Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, and the Director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion also based in Waco, Texas.

He is the author of more than 35 books, the great majority reference works or scholarly texts in American religious history, including the "Encyclopedia of American Religions" (eighth edition, 2009), and most recently "Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances and Spiritual Commemorations" (2011). He has also written several reference books in Dracula and vampire studies including the award winning "The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead" (third edition 2010).

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5.0 out of 5 stars New Age Almanac, March 3, 2008

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This review is from: New Age Almanac (Paperback)

Whether you're part of it, looking into it, or viewing it from afar, the New Age is here - and New Age Almanac will help you to bring this dynamic contemporary movement into focus and keep it in perspective.

With * eight chapters describing hundreds of New Age movements, institutions and personalities as viewed by leading authority J. Gordon Melton * a chronology of significant events * a master listing of New Age publications and educational institutions * New Age musicians and music distributors - New Age Almanac will bring you toward the "higher consciousness" of the New Ager.
--- excerpt from book's back cover