Islam and Democracy

John L. Esposito is the Founding Director and Vice-Chair of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. He is also University Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, and Editor-in-Chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World and Oxford History of Islam. His more than 25 books include Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam, What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam, Modernizing Islam, Islam: The Straight Path; The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?; Islam and Democracy (with John 0. Voll); Islam and Politics; Political Islam: Revolution, Radicalism or Reform?; Islam and Secularism in the Middle East (with Azzam Tamimi); The Iranian Revolution: Its Global Impact; Islam, Gender and Social Change and Muslims on the Americanization Path (with Y. Haddad); Voices of Resurgent Islam; Islam in Asia: Religion. Politics, and Society;and Women in Muslim Family Law.