This is the answer to every teacher's prayer for an informed and balanced introductory book. It is elegantly written, beautifully synthesized, and helpful.

Leila Fawaz, Tufts University

Islam: The Straight Path is a remarkable testament to the author's breadth of scholarship and descriptive and explanatory economy.

Peter Matthews Wright, The Colorado College

Esposito's work in modern Islam gives him a rich perspective for introducing readers to the main modern strands of reform and revivalism, moderation, and extremism that shape the Islamic worldview in the twenty-first century.

Seth Ward, University of Wyoming