Future of Islam

Professor Esposito, University Professor of Religion and International Affairs,

Georgetown University, is the author of over 2 dozen works, many of which concern Islam. His Islam: The Straight Path is an important work that is in its fourth edition. He is editor of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, and author or co-author of several other important studies: The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?, Islam and Democracy (with John Voll), Islam, Gender, and Social Change (with Yvonne Haddad), Islam in Asia, and Voices of Resurgent Islam.

Professor Esposito's lecture inaugurates THE ABBASI PROGRAM IN ISLAMIC STUDIES, The School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University.