founding director. The center received a $20 million endowment from Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal "to advance education in the fields of Islamic civilization and Muslim-Christian understanding and strengthen its presence as a world leader in facilitating cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue." Esposito is a Catholic. Works Selected works as author, co-author, or editor, include titlers listed below. Editor The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, as editor (2009, 5 volume set) The Oxford History of Islam, as editor (2004) The Islamic World: Past and Present, as editor (2004, 3 volume set) The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, as editor (1995, 4 volume set) The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, as editor (1994) Books Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think, coauthored with Dalia Mogahed (2008) What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam (1st edition: 2002. 2nd edition: 2011) The Future of Islam (2010) Islam: The Straight Path (1st edition: 1988, 3rd edition: 2004) Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam (2002) Women in Muslim Family Law, coauthored with Natana J. Delong-Bas (2nd edition: 2002) Makers of Contemporary Islam, coauthored John Voll (2001) The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? (3rd edition: 1999) Political Islam: Radicalism, Revolution or Reform (1997) Collections This section may include written or editorial contributions to collections of works by various scholars. Islamophobia: The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century as coeditor with Ibrahim Kalin (2011) Islam in Asia: Religion, Politics, & Society, as editor (2006) Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gulen Movement, as coeditor with M. Hakan Yavuz (2003) Modernizing Islam: Religion in the Public Sphere in the Middle East and Europe, as coeditor with Francois Burgat (2003) Iran at the Crossroads, as coeditor with R.K. Ramazani (2000) Muslims on the Americanization Path?, as coeditor with Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (2000) Islam, Gender and Social Change, as coeditor with Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (1997) Islam and Politics, as editor (1st edition: 1984, 4th edition: 1998) Islam and Democracy, as coeditor with John Voll (1996) Voices of Resurgent Islam'', as editor (1983) References External links John L. Esposito - The Future of Islam lecture at the University of Kentucky 1940 births American people of Italian descent American Roman Catholics American Islamic studies scholars Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Christian and Islamic interfaith dialogue Christian scholars of Islam College of the Holy Cross faculty Georgetown University faculty Harvard University people