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'''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 Modern Islamic World'', ''The Oxford History of Islam'', and ''The Oxford Dictionary of Islam''. He earned a Ph.D. degree from [[Temple University]].
Esposito has served as consultant to the US Department of State and member of the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders.
== Books ==
Esposito is the author of over 35 books; some of them are:
*''What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam''
*''The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?''
*''Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam''
*''The Islamic World: Past and Present.''
== Awards ==
* In 2005, the Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion.
* Pakistan’s Quaid-i-Azzam Award for Outstanding Contributions in Islamic Studies.
* In 2003, The School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Award for Outstanding Teaching.
== External links ==
*[http://www.teach12.com/storex/professor.aspx?id=263 John L. Esposito.]
*[http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/jle2/ John L Esposito.] Georgetown University.
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