J. Gordon Melton
John Gordon Melton is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion and was the Distinguished Professor of American Religious History with the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he resides. He is also an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church.
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- Birmingham
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- Northwestern UniversityBirmingham–Southern CollegeGarrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary
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