John L Esposito

Biographic Data

ID124932
NAMEJohn L Esposito
GIVEN NAMESJohn L
FAMILY NAMEEsposito
SIGNATUREESPOSITO J L
AFFILIATIONSGeorgetown University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS87
TOTAL CITATIONS171
AUTHOR COUNT70
EDITOR COUNT17
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1975
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX7

  • Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism

    Sahar F Aziz, John L EspositoBOOKGlobal Islamophobia and the Rise…2024

    Global Islamophobia and right-wing populism have grown and intensified at an alarming rate. Each chapter in this volume demonstrates how the ubiquity of these negative and fallacious stereotypes across continents has harmed Muslims economically, politically, and socially. In the most egregious cases, Islamophobia has cost Muslims their lives and liberty. In India, for example, Muslims are bearing the brunt of the alarming rise of Hindutva—a right…

  • Islam in Transition

    John J Donohue, John L EspositoBOOKIslam in transition2022

    9/11 and continued acts of global terrorism have challenged the understanding of academic experts, policymakers, and students, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Critical questions have been raised about Islam and Muslim politics in the modern world: Are Islam and modernity compatible? Is Islam inneed of and capable of reform? What do Islam and what do Muslims have to say about globalization, democracy, human rights, women, jihad, violence, terrorism…

  • Islamophobia and Radicalization

    Open AccessJohn L Esposito, Derya InerBOOKIslamophobia and Radicalization2019

  • Shariah

    John L Esposito, Natana J Delong-Bas et al.BOOKShariah2018

    Sharia is by now a term that most Americans and Europeans recognize, though few really understand what it means. Often portrayed as a medieval system used by religious zealots to oppress women and deny human rights, conservative politicians, media commentators, and hardline televangelists stoke fear by promoting the idea that Muslims want to impose a repressive Sharia rule in America and Europe. Despite the breadth of this propaganda, a majority …

  • The Politics of Islamism

    Open AccessJohn L Esposito, Lily Zubaidah Rahim et al.BOOKThe Politics of Islamism2018

  • Shariah

    John L Esposito, Natana J Delong-Bas et al.BOOKShariah2018

  • Criminal Law and Justice

    John L Esposito, Natana J Delong-Bas et al.CHAPTERShariah2018

    Criticisms of Islam and Islamic law often focus on reports and media coverage of harsh hudud punishments in Muslim countries. This chapter compares the rationales and goals of Islamic criminal laws in their original context with hudud punishments in the post-colonial period. The original rigorous...

  • Islamophobia and Radicalization

    John L Esposito, Derya InerBOOKIslamophobia and Radicalization2018

  • Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring

    John L Esposito, Tamara Sonn et al.BOOKISLAM AND DEMOCRACY AFTER THE…2016

    The landscape of the Middle East has changed dramatically since 2011, as have the political arena and the discourse around democracy. InIslam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Tamara Sonn examine the state of democracy in Muslim-majority societies today. Applying a twenty-first century perspective to the question of whether Islam is "compatible" with democracy, they redirect the conversation toward a new politi…

  • Apostasy and Blasphemy

    Virginie Andre, John L EspositoARTICLEIslam and Christian–Muslim…2016Cited by: 1

    Apostasy and Blasphemy: A Clash of Freedoms – Speech and Religion." Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 27(1), pp. 1–2

  • Islam and the Challenge of Democracy

    Khaled Abou El Fadl, Joshua Cohen et al.BOOKIslam and the Challenge of…2015

  • Who Kills Turnus? “Pallas” and What Aeneas Sees, Says and Does in Aeneid 12.939–52

    John L Esposito, John EspositoARTICLEThe Classical Journal2015Cited by: 1

    In this paper I read the closing scene of the Aeneid through Aeneas' final speech, asking: What does it mean for Aeneas to say “Pallas te hoc vulnere, Pallas / immolat” at Aeneid 12.948–9? Drawing on intertexts from Iliad 22 and 24, I trace a sequence of thoughts suggested by the movement of Aeneas' eyes over Turnus' body. Quasi-cinematic features of 12.939–52 place the visible splendor of Pallas' balteus in tension with its horrifying past. Kill…

  • Islam and Political Violence

    Open AccessJohn L Esposito, John EspositoARTICLEReligions2015Cited by: 4References: 2

    The global threat of Al Qaeda post 9/11 and ISIL, increased Sunni-Shia conflicts, and violence in the Middle East and Pakistan dominate headlines and challenge governments in the region and globally. Both Muslim extremists and some Western experts and observers speak of a clash of civilizations or a culture war in Muslim-West relations. Both the discourse and violence yet again raise questions about the relationship of Islam to violence and terro…

  • AAR Presidential Address

    John L EspositoARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…2014Cited by: 1

  • The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics

    John L Esposito, Emad El-Din ShahinBOOKOxford Handbook of Islam and…2013

    The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics offers a geographically comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the interaction of Islam and politics in the post-9/11 era, in an increasingly globalizing world, and in an Arab world transitioning to democracy.It addresses significant questions and issues such as: What is the current state of Islam and politics? How and why has political Islam been relevant in recent years? What are the repercussions and poli…

  • Mawlana Mawdudi

    Joshua T White, Emad El-Din Shahin et al.BOOKOxford Handbook of Islam and…2013

    This handbook offers a geographically comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the interaction of Islam and politics in the post-9/11 era, in an increasingly globalising world, and in an Arab world transitioning to democracy.It addresses significant questions and issues such as: What is the current state of Islam and politics? How and why has political Islam been relevant in recent years? What are the repercussions and policy implications of the incre…

  • Europe and the Islamic World

    Open AccessJohn Tolan, John Victor Tolan et al.BOOKEurope and the Islamic world2012

    This book sheds light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a “clash of civilizations” between the Muslim world and Europe. The book brings to life the complex and tumultuous relations between Genoans and Tunisians, Alexandrians and the people of Constantinople, Catalans and Maghrebis—the myriad groups and individuals w…

  • Europe and the Islamic World

    John Tolan, John Victor Tolan et al.BOOKEurope and the Islamic World2012

    This book sheds light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a “clash of civilizations” between the Muslim world and Europe. The book brings to life the complex and tumultuous relations between Genoans and Tunisians, Alexandrians and the people of Constantinople, Catalans and Maghrebis—the myriad groups and individuals w…

  • The Future of Islam and U.S.–Muslim Relations

    Open AccessJohn L EspositoARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly2011Cited by: 1

  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World

    John L EspositoBOOKThe Oxford Encyclopedia of the…2009

    The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World is a comprehensive resource covering all aspects of religion, politics, and culture in Muslim societies throughout the world. It represents a thorough revision and expansion of the hugely successful Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, with hundreds of additional entries extending the scope of the Encyclopedia back to the sixth century. Truly multidisciplinary, the Oxford Encyclopedia of th…

  • Asian Islam in the 21st Century

    John L Esposito, John O Voll et al.BOOKAsian Islam in the 21st Century2007

    Although more than half of the world's Muslims live in Asia, most books on contemporary Islam focus on the Middle East, giving short shift to the dynamic and diverse presence of Asian Islam in regional and global politics. The Muslims of Asia constitute the largest Muslim communities in the world - Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Central Asia. In recent years, terrorist bombings in Bali, separatist conflicts in Thailand and the Philipp…

  • Asian Islam in the 21st Century

    John L Esposito, John O Voll et al.BOOKAsian Islam in the 21st Century2007

    Asian Islam in the 21st century is divided into two sections: religion, politics and society in major Muslim majority countries and ethnic and religious politics in Muslim minority communities. Muslims in Asia are affacted by what is happening in the Arab Middle East and the Western part of the Islamic world

  • B attle for M uslims ' H earts and M inds

    Open AccessJohn L Esposito, Dalia MogahedARTICLEMiddle East Policy2007Cited by: 5References: 2

  • The Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

    John L EspositoARTICLEISLAMIC STUDIES2006

  • Moderate Muslims

    Open AccessJohn L EspositoARTICLEAmerican Journal of Islamic…2005

    The DebateQuestion 1: Various commentators have frequently invoked the importance of moderate Muslims and the role that they can play in fighting extremism in the Muslim world. But it is not clear who is a moderate Muslim. The recent cancellation of Tariq Ramadan’s visa to the United States, the raids on several American Muslim organizations, and the near marginalization of mainstream American Muslims in North America pose the following question:…