ABRAHAM, A.J. 1942-

(Antoine J. Abraham)

PERSONAL: Born May 17, 1942, in Brooklyn, NY; son of George Elias and Nellie (Mattar) Abraham; married Esther Rodriguez, June 11, 1978. Ethnicity: "Lebanese." Education: Hunter College of the City University of New York, B.A., 1969, M.A., 1971; New York University, Ph.D., 1975. Politics: Republican. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES: Home—357 Marshall Ave., Mercerville, NJ 08619. Office—John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, 445 W. 59th St., New York, NY 10019.

CAREER: Writer. New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY, associate professor, 1975–. John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, began as associate professor, became professor, 1992–; also taught at Hunter College of the City University of New York; guest lecturer at U.S. colleges and universities. Consultant to government agencies and international organizations.

MEMBER: American Historical Association, Association of Third World Studies.

WRITINGS:

Lebanon at Mid-Century: Maronite-Druze Relations in Lebanon, 1840–1860; A Prelude to Arab Nationalism, University Press of America (Lanham, MD), 1981.

Lebanon: A State of Siege, 1975–1984, Wyndham Hall Press (Bristol, IN), 1984.

Islam and Christianity: Crossroads in Faith, Wyndham Hall Press (Bristol, IN), 1987.

Khoumani and Islamic Fundamentalism: Contributions of Islamic Sciences to Modern Civilization, Wyndham Hall Press (Bristol, IN), 1989.

(With George I. Haddad) The Warriors of God: Jihad (Holy War) and the Fundamentalists of Islam, Wyndham Hall Press (Bristol, IN), 1989, 2nd edition published as Khoumani, Islamic Fundamentalism, and the Warriors of God: An Islamic Reader, 1999.

The Awakening of Persia: The Reign of Nasr al-Din Shah, 1848–1896, Vande Vere Publishing (Berrien Springs, MI), 1993.

The Lebanon War, Praeger (Westport, CT), 1996.

The Cross and the Crescent: An Ecumenical Perspective, A R Press, 2001.

Islamic Fundamentalism and the Doctrine of Jihad, Wyndham Hall Press (Bristol, IN), 2002.

Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Muslim World, Contemporary Review, Transnational Perspectives, International Journal of World Peace, and Journal of Third World Studies.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Lebanon in Modern Times; The Eternal War: The Arab-Israeli Conflict; A Psychological Assessment, completion expected in 2006.