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[[File:John L Esposito.gif|right]]
[[File:John L Esposito.gif|right]]
'''John L. Esposito ''' (b. [[Brooklyn]], New York City, 1940 - ) is a professor at [[Georgetown University]]. He is specialized in International Affairs and [[Islamic]] Studies. Esposito is also founding director of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal center for [[Muslim]]-Christian understanding at Georgetown University, and the editor-in-chief of the six-volume ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World'', ''The Oxford History of Islam'', and ''The Oxford Dictionary of Islam''. He earned a Ph.D. degree from [[Temple University]]. Dr. Esposito spent a decade in a Catholic monastery, and received a masters in theology at [[St. John's University]]. He was the chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, a [[Jesuit]] college in [[Massachusetts]].
'''John L. Esposito ''' (b. [[Brooklyn]], New York City, 1940 - ) is a professor at [[Georgetown University]]. He is specialized in International Affairs and [[Islamic]] Studies. Esposito is also founding director of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal center for [[Muslim]]-Christian understanding at Georgetown University, and the editor-in-chief of the four-volume ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World'', ''The Oxford History of Islam'', and ''The Oxford Dictionary of Islam''. He earned a Ph.D. degree from [[Temple University]]. Dr. Esposito spent a decade in a Catholic monastery, and received a masters in theology at [[St. John's University]]. He was the chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, a [[Jesuit]] college in [[Massachusetts]].
Esposito has served as consultant to the US Department of State and has been member of the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders.
Esposito has served as consultant to the US Department of State and has been member of the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders.
*''Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam''
*''Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam''
*''The Islamic World: Past and Present'' (editor, 3 volume set)
*''The Islamic World: Past and Present'' (editor, 3 volume set)
*''Muslims on the Americanization Path and Daughters of Abraham'' (with Yvonne Haddad)
*''Women in Muslim Family Law''
*''Voices of Resurgent Islam''
*''Islam in Transition''
*''Muslim Perspectives'' (with John Donohue)
*''Islam in Asia: Religion, Politics, and Society''
*''Islam and Development''
== Awards ==
== Awards ==