John Esposito

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John Esposito
John Esposito in Sarajevo, October 2013
Born (1940-05-19) May 19, 1940 (age 83)
Brooklyn, New York City
NationalityAmerican

John Louis Esposito (born May 19, 1940) is an American

Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding
at Georgetown.

Biography

For nearly twenty years after completing his

Jesuit college in Massachusetts. At the College of the Holy Cross, Esposito held the Loyola Professor of Middle East Studies position, was the chair of the Department of Religious Studies, and director of the College of the Holy Cross' Center for International Studies.[2] At Georgetown University, Esposito holds the position of University Professor and teaches as both Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Professor of Islamic Studies.[3]

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

Alliance of Civilizations and the E. C. European Network of Experts on De-Radicalisation. He was an advisor to the award-winning, PBS-broadcast documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2002), produced by Unity Productions Foundation. A recipient of the American Academy of Religion’s 2005 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion and of Pakistan’s Quaid-e-Azam Award for Outstanding Contributions in Islamic Studies, in 2003 he received the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Award for Outstanding Teaching.[2]

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

Muslim-Christian understanding and strengthen its presence as a world leader in facilitating cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue."[4]

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

Collections

This section may include written or editorial contributions to collections of works by various scholars.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Academic Biography John L. Esposito. Georgetown University. Archived 2006-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed February 23, 2007
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Parray, Tauseef Ahmad (13 January 2021). "On Reading John Esposito's Islam—The Straight Path". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. ISBN 978-1-59562-017-0
    .

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