John Alden Williams

John Alden Williams is a retired Professor of Humanities and Religion at the College of William and Mary. He previously taught Islamic Studies at the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University. His scholarly career has been devoted to Islamic studies, and he is the author of Understanding Islam and the Muslims, a work offering an introduction to the faith and its adherents for a general readership. The available source material on Williams is limited to these details; additional biographical facts are not confirmed by the current internal sources.