Inventing Religion in America (RSOC 111): General Reference Works

A representative sample of the most likely introductory sources

• African American religious cultures
• Biographical dictionary of American cult and sect leaders
• Contemporary American religion
• Cults in America : a reference handbook
• The encyclopedia of African and African-American religions
• Encyclopedia of American religious history
• The encyclopedia of cults, sects, and new religions
• Encyclopedia of millennialism and millennial movements
• Encyclopedia of new religious movements
• Encyclopedia of religion in America
• Encyclopedia of the American religious experience
  
• Encyclopedic handbook of cults in America
• Historical dictionary of new religious movements
• Melton's encyclopedia of American religions
• Peculiar prophets : a biographical dictionary of new religions
• Religion and American cultures
• Religious leaders of America
• Yearbook of American and Canadian churches

GCARLSON updated 8/29/12