Handbook of denominations in the United States </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partName>New ninth edition</partName> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Mead, Frank Spencer</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1898-1982)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">0:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Abingdon</publisher> <dateIssued>1992</dateIssued> <edition>2nd.</edition> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>316tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>22cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>A reference on America's religious denominations, with information on some 200 religious groups. Descriptions of denominations and sub-groups discuss the historical background, doctrines and teachings, and governmental organization, and offer statistics on churches, members, schools, and institutions. Includes appendices of denominational headquarters, Evangelical traditions, and Pentecostal bodies, plus a glossary. This tenth edition incorporates a new format making it easier to identify large denominational families.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Frank Spencer Mead</note> <subject> <topic>Sects -- United States</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">291.0973</classification> <classification authority="ddc">F828-M48</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0687165725</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/4/14/s_l400.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/4/14/s_l400.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070617.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>