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J. Gordon Melton

    John Gordon Melton è uno studioso religioso americano il cui lavoro approfondisce le principali tradizioni religiose, le religioni nuove e alternative, e gli ambiti dell'occultismo, della parapsicologia e dei movimenti New Age. La sua ricerca esplora una diversa gamma di fenomeni spirituali ed esoterici. I contributi accademici di Melton hanno anche affrontato critiche da parte di alcuni accademici riguardo alla sua rendicontazione su alcuni gruppi.

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    The Vampire Book
    • The Vampire Book

      • 919pagine
      • 33 ore di lettura

      J. Gordon Melton has the credentials: he's a religious historian, author of 25 books about religion and vampires, president of the American chapter of the Transylvania Society of Dracula (founded in Bucharest, Romania), and chairman of the committee that put on Dracula '97: A Centennial Celebration in Los Angeles. The Vampire Book is meticulously researched and well organized. Included are an article on the cultural history of the vampire; a historical timeline; addresses of vampire societies all over the world; a 55-page filmography; vampires in plays, opera, and ballet; a 13-page list of vampire novels; and an extensive index. The A to Z entries, each with a short bibliography, include vampire lore in more than 30 different geographic regions and a comprehensive "who's who," and cover topics ranging from fingernails to sexuality, the Camarilla to Szekelys.

      The Vampire Book