Joseph Cumming

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Joseph Cumming
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Born
Alma mater Princeton University (AB)
Fuller Theological Seminary (M.Div.)
Yale University (Ph.D.) [1]
Spouse(s)Rev. Dr. Michele Pezdirtz Cumming, DIS (1984 - present)
Website www.josephcumming.com

Joseph Cumming is an expert on Islamic and Christian thought who serves as International Director of the Woodberry Intercultural Institute [2] and as Research Faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary. [3] He worked previously at Yale University as Director of the Reconciliation Program at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture [4] and teaching courses at Yale Divinity School, [3] and then as Pastor of the International Church at Yale. [5] [3] He works internationally as a consultant on Muslim-Christian and Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations. [6] [7] [8] He was one of the architects of the "Yale Response" to the Common Word initiative of 138 prominent Muslim leaders and scholars. [9] [10] [4]

As International Director of Doulos Community [11] he led a humanitarian program for 15 years in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, [12] where he also served as President of the Federation of NGOs in Mauritania. [13]

Cumming has published numerous articles [14] on issues affecting relations among the Abrahamic faith communities. He has lectured in Arabic at Al-Azhar University and other Islamic institutions and has taught courses at Yale Divinity School, as well as at Fuller Theological Seminary and other Evangelical institutions. [15] He has been interviewed in Arabic on Al-Jazeera and other Arab television networks, [16] [17] [18] and in English on American [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] and Canadian [24] [25] television and radio, and in French and German by European and African news media. [7]

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