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John Calvert (scholar)

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Nationality
  
Canadian

Main interests
  
Radical Islam


Name
  
John Calvert

Role
  
Author


Occupation
  
Henry W. Casper, SJ Associate Professorship in History at Creighton University

Notable work
  
Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism

Books
  
Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism

John Calvert is the holder of the Henry W. Casper, SJ Associate Professorship in History at Creighton University, and the author of several academic works on radical Islam, most notably one on the Islamist intellectual Sayyid Qutb entitled Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism.

Publications

  • Calvert, John C.M. (1993). Discourse, Community and Power: Sayyid Qutb and the Islamic Movement in Egypt (Ph.D.). Montreal: McGill University Press. OCLC 36786737. 
  • Calvert, John (2008). Islamism: A Documentary and Reference Guide. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.  In 349 libraries according to WorldCat
  • Calvert, John (2010). Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism. New York: Columbia University Press.  In 416 libraries according to WorldCat
  • Calvert, John (2010). Divisions within Islam. Broomall, Pennsylvania: Mason Crest Publishers. ISBN 9781422205334. 
  • References

    John Calvert (scholar) Wikipedia