'''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 Islamic World''. | '''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 Islamic World''. |