John Calvert (scholar)

John Calvert
Nationality	Canadian
Education	McGill University American University in Cairo University of Toronto University of Alberta
Occupation	Henry W. Casper, SJ Associate Professorship in History at Creighton University
Notable work	Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism
Theological work
Main interests	Radical Islam

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.^[1][2]

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^[3]
• Calvert, John (2010). Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism. New York: Columbia University Press. In 416 libraries according to WorldCat^[4]
• Calvert, John (2010). Divisions within Islam. Broomall, Pennsylvania: Mason Crest Publishers. ISBN 9781422205334.

References

1. "Faculty Page". Creighton University Department of History. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. Calvert, John (2010). Sayyid Qutb and the origins of Radical Islamism. New York: Columbia University Press. Preview.
3. OCLC 145396710
4. OCLC 320798884

External links

• Faculty Page Creighton University