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John Louis Esposito (born 19 May 1940 , Brooklyn , New York City ) is a professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University . EARLY LIFE Esposito was raised a Catholic in an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn , New York City , and spent a decade in a Catholic monastery. After taking his first degree he worked as a management consultant and high-school teacher. He then studied and received a masters in theology at St Johns University. He earned a PhD at Temple University , Pennsylvania in 1974, studying Islam and held post doc appointments at Harvard and Oxford Universities. ACADEMIC CAREER For nearly twenty years after completing his PhD, Esposito had taught religious studies (including , University ]. Accessed February 23 2007 He published ''"Islam and Politics"'' in 1984, and ''"Islam: The Straight Path"'' in 1988; both books sold well, going through many editions. In addition to more than 35 books,he is editor-in-chief of a number of Oxford reference works including ''"The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World"'', ''"The Oxford History of Islam"'', ''" The Oxford Dictionary Of Islam " The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (5vols. forthcoming 2008)and Oxford Islamic Studies Online. In 1988, he was elected president of the Middle East Studies Association Of North America (MESA). He has also served as president of the American Council For The Study Of Islamic Societies . He served as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Center For The Study Of Islam & Democracy from 1999 to 2004 and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders and the High Level Group of the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations. A recipient of the American Academy of Religion’s 2005 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion and of Pakistan’s Quaid-i-Azzam Award for Outstanding Contributions in Islamic Studies, in 2003 he received the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Award for Outstanding Teaching Georgetown University's ''Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding'', which was founded and currently directed by Esposito, was the recipient of a $20 million endowment from , December 12 2005. Accessed February 23 2007 CRITICISM . Accessed on November 20 2006. In 2002, , September 3 2002, accessed February 22 2007 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ;References
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