Great World Religions:Islam
Professor John L. Esposito
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John L. Esposito, Ph.D.
Professor, Religion and International Affairs, Islamic Studies,Georgetown UniversityJohn L. Esposito is University Professor, as well as Professor of Religion andInternational Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University,Washington, D.C.Professor Esposito earned his Ph.D. at Temple University, his M.A. at St. John’sUniversity, and his B.A. at St. Anthony College. At the College of the HolyCross, he was Loyola Professor of Middle East Studies, Chair of the Departmentof Religious Studies, and Director of the Center for International Studies.Professor Esposito was also Founding Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding: History and International Affairs in the Walsh Schoolof Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He has served as President of theMiddle East Studies Association of North America and of the American Councilfor the Study of Islamic Societies, as well as a consultant to governments,multinational corporations, and the media worldwide.Professor Esposito specializes in Islam, political Islam, and the impact of Islamic movements from North Africa to Southeast Asia. Editor-in-chief of
TheOxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
,
The Oxford History of Islam
, and
The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
, his more than 25 books include:
Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam
,
What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam
,
The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality
?,
Islam: The Straight Path
,
Islamand Politics
,
Islam and Democracy
and
Makers of Contemporary Islam
(withJohn Voll),
Political Islam: Radicalism, Revolution or Reform?
,
Iran at theCrossroads
(with R. K. Ramazani),
Islam, Gender and Social Change
(withYvonne Haddad), and
Women in Muslim Family Law
.
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Great World Religions: IslamTable of Contents
Professor Biography
...........................................................................................i
Course Scope
.......................................................................................................1
Lecture One
Islam Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow....................3
Lecture Two
The Five Pillars of Islam............................................7
Lecture
Three
Muhammad
Prophet and Statesman......................10
Lecture Four
God’s Word—The Quranic Worldview...................14
Lecture Five
The Muslim Community—Faith and Politics..........19
Lecture Six
Paths to God—Islamic Law and Mysticism.............25
Lecture Seven
Islamic Revivalism—Renewal and Reform.............29
Lecture Eight
The Contemporary Resurgence of Islam..................35
Lecture Nine
Islam at the Crossroads............................................40
Lecture Ten
Women and Change in Islam...................................44
Lecture Eleven
Islam in the West.....................................................48
Lecture Twelve
The Future of Islam..................................................53
Timeline
.............................................................................................................62
Glossary
.............................................................................................................65
Biographical Notes
............................................................................................67
Bibliography
......................................................................................................70
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