John Esposito
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John Louis Esposito (born May 19, 1940) is an American
Biography
For nearly twenty years after completing his
He published Islam and Politics in 1984, and Islam: The Straight Path in 1988. Both books sold well, going through many editions. In addition to more than 35 books, he is editor-in-chief of a number of Oxford reference works including The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (six vols.), and Oxford Islamic Studies Online.[2]
In 1988, he was elected president of the
Esposito founded the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in 1993 and is its founding director. The center received a $20 million endowment from Saudi Arabian Prince
Esposito is a Catholic.[5]
Works
Selected works as author, co-author, or editor, include titlers listed below.
Editor
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, as editor (2009, 5 volume set) ISBN 978-0-19-530513-5
- The Oxford History of Islam, as editor (2004) ISBN 0-19-510799-3
- The Islamic World: Past and Present, as editor (2004, 3 volume set) ISBN 0-19-516520-9
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, as editor (1995, 4 volume set) ISBN 0-19-506613-8
- ISBN 0-19-512559-2
Books
- Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think, coauthored with ISBN 978-1-59562-017-0[6]
- What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam (1st edition: 2002. 2nd edition: 2011) ISBN 978-0-19-979413-3
- The Future of Islam (2010) ISBN 0-19-516521-7
- ISBN 0-19-518266-9
- Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam (2002) ISBN 0-19-515435-5
- Women in Muslim Family Law, coauthored with ISBN 0-8156-2908-7
- Makers of Contemporary Islam, coauthored John Voll (2001) ISBN 0-19-514128-8
- The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? (3rd edition: 1999) ISBN 0-19-513076-6
- Political Islam: Radicalism, Revolution or Reform (1997) ISBN 1-55587-168-2
Collections
This section may include written or editorial contributions to collections of works by various scholars.
- Islamophobia: The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century as coeditor with ISBN 978-0-19-975364-2
- Islam in Asia: Religion, Politics, & Society, as editor (2006) ISBN 0-19-504082-1
- Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gulen Movement, as coeditor with M. Hakan Yavuz (2003) ISBN 0-8156-3040-9
- Modernizing Islam: Religion in the Public Sphere in the Middle East and Europe, as coeditor with ISBN 0-8135-3198-5
- Iran at the Crossroads, as coeditor with R.K. Ramazani (2000) ISBN 0-312-23816-9
- Muslims on the Americanization Path?, as coeditor with ISBN 0-19-513526-1
- Islam, Gender and Social Change, as coeditor with ISBN 0-19-511357-8
- Islam and Politics, as editor (1st edition: 1984, 4th edition: 1998) ISBN 0-8156-2774-2
- Islam and Democracy, as coeditor with John Voll (1996) ISBN 0-19-510816-7
- Voices of Resurgent Islam, as editor (1983) ISBN 0-19-503340-X
References
- ^ Mallouki, Habib El (15 January 2016). "Interview with the Islam scholar John Louis Esposito: Islam's image problem". Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- ^ a b c Bio of John Esposito. Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy. Archived 2006-10-26 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed February 23, 2007
- ^ Academic Biography John L. Esposito. Georgetown University. Archived 2006-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed February 23, 2007
- ^ Press Release: Georgetown University Receives $20 Million Gift From Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal To Expand Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Archived 2006-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, December 12, 2005. Accessed February 23, 2007
- ^ Parray, Tauseef Ahmad (13 January 2021). "On Reading John Esposito's Islam—The Straight Path". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-59562-017-0.
External links
- Media related to John Esposito at Wikimedia Commons
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- John Esposito on Charlie Rose
- John L. Esposito - The Future of Islam lecture at the University of Kentucky