j. gordon melton

  Gordon Melton

J. Gordon Melton is the director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion, and the author of several books including the Encyclopedia of American Religions and Religious Leaders of America. Melton is one of the more prominent critics of the anti-cult and countercult movements. In 1995, Melton was part of an American delegation, funded by Aum Shinrikyo, that travelled to Japan to investigate Aum's activities and claims of persecution and erroneously declared Aum to be innocent. Countercult activist Anton Hein has criticized him because of what Hein considers excessive skepticism of the testimonies of ex-members of new religious movements. http://www.apologeticsindex.org/m06.html. David C. Lane praises his encyclopedic works but considers him not critical enough about gurus.

Bibliography

Finding Enlightenment: Ramtha's School of Ancient Wisdom ISBN 1-885223-61-7 (1998) Beyond Words Publishing, Inc. Hillsboro Oregon

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