John L. Esposito
John Louis Esposito (born May 19, 1940 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American scholar of Islam. He is currently Professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, DC
Life
Esposito was born in Brooklyn , New York City , grew up a Roman Catholic in an Italian-American neighborhood, and lived in a Catholic monastery for a decade. After graduation, he worked as a management consultant and teacher in a high school. He then earned a Masters in Theology from St. John's University and a PhD from Temple University , Pennsylvania in 1974; after studying Islam, he held postdoc positions at Harvard and Oxford . He held religious studies seminars at the Jesuit College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts ; there he held the Loyola Professorship for Studies of the Middle East and chaired the Center for International Studies. At Georgetown University, Esposito is a university professor and teaches religious studies, international affairs and Islamic studies. In 1988 he was elected chairman of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA). He was also u. a. President of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies . He received u. a. Awards from the American Academy of Religion (Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion 2005), the last of which he was Vice President (2012) and President (2013). He is u. a. Member of the EU Radicalization Awareness Network and Ambassador for the Alliance of Civilizations of the United Nations.
He is a member of the scientific advisory board of the yearbook for research on Islamophobia , which is edited by Farid Hafez .
Publications (selection)
reference books
- Ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World , 5 volumes, 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-530513-5
- with Dalia Mogahed : Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think , 2008, ISBN 978-1-59562-017-0
- Ed. The Oxford History of Islam , 2004, ISBN 0-19-510799-3
- Ed. The Islamic World: Past and Present , 3 volumes, 2004, ISBN 0-19-516520-9
- Ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World , 4 volumes, 1995, ISBN 0-19-506613-8
- Ed. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam , 1994, ISBN 0-19-512559-2
Monographs
- What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam , 1st ed. 2002, 2nd ed. 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-979413-3
- The Future of Islam , 2010, ISBN 0-19-516521-7
- Islam: The Straight Path , 1st edition 1988, 3rd edition 2004, ISBN 0-19-518266-9
- Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam , 2002, ISBN 0-19-515435-5
- with Natana J. Delong-Bas : Women in Muslim Family Law , 2nd ed. 2002, ISBN 0-8156-2908-7
- with John Voll : Makers of Contemporary Islam , 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
Anthologies
- Ed. With İbrahim Kalın : Islamophobia: The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century , 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-975364-2
- Ed. Islam in Asia: Religion, Politics, & Society , 2006, ISBN 0-19-504082-1
- Ed. With M. Hakan Yavuz : Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gulen Movement . 2003, ISBN 0-8156-3040-9
- Ed. With Francois Burgat : Modernizing Islam: Religion in the Public Sphere in the Middle East and Europe , 2003, ISBN 0-8135-3198-5
- Edited with RK Ramazani : Iran at the Crossroads , 2000, ISBN 0-312-23816-9
- Ed. With Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad : Islam, Gender and Social Change , 1997, ISBN 0-19-511357-8
- Ed. Islam and Politics , 1st ed. 1984, 4th ed. 1998, ISBN 0-8156-2774-2
- Edited with John Voll : Islam and Democracy , 1996, ISBN 0-19-510816-7
literature
- David Horowitz : The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America. Regnery Publishing, Washington, DC, 2006, ISBN 0-89526-003-4
Web links
- Works
- Oxford Islamic Studies Online , ed. John L. Esposito
- John Esposito: Islam and Democracy
- John Esposito: Political Islam: Beyond the Green Menace
- John Esposito / Dalia Mogahed : Muslim true / false
- About John Esposito
- biography
- Homepage
- Announcement on the award of an honorary doctorate from the University of Sarajevo, October 3, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ^ Short biography ( Memento of October 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy, Massachusetts.
- Jump up ↑ Profile on Faculty Page, Georgetown University.
- ^ Farid Hafez: Team. Retrieved February 14, 2017 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Esposito, John L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Esposito, John Louis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American scholar of Islam |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City |