'''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 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]]. |