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]

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

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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  1. ^ "Joseph Cumming Bio". www.josephcumming.com.
  2. ^ "The Woodberry Intercultural Institute". The Woodberry Intercultural Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  3. ^ a b c "Joseph Cumming faculty webpage at Fuller Theological Seminary". Fuller Theological Seminary faculty page.
  4. ^ a b "A Common Word | YCFC". faith.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  5. ^ "Home | International Church At Yale". icy.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  6. ^ Connecticut Public Television "Joseph Cumming | Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  7. ^ a b Babayiğit, Gökalp (24 September 2010). "Wellenbrecher gegen den Islam-Hass". Süddeutsche.de.
  8. ^ "أجواء معاداة الإسلام في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية:: أصوات التسامح في مواجهة دعاة كراهية الإسلام - Qantara.de". Qantara.de موقع قنطرة للحوار مع العالم الإسلامي ـ. 3 October 2010.
  9. ^ "Christians, Muslims move ahead on global talks". Christian Science Monitor. March 19, 2008.
  10. ^ "A Common Word - Christian Response | Yale Center for Faith and Culture". faith.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  11. ^ "Service Without Borders: Princeton Alumni Weekly".
  12. ^ "Doulos Community".
  13. ^ "Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University". Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  14. ^ "Joseph Cumming articles". Joseph Cumming articles. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  15. ^ "Joseph Cumming Bio". Archived from the original on 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  16. ^ "اختتام المؤتمر التاسع لحوار الأديان في الدوحة". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  17. ^ "Joseph Cumming on Al-Jazeera, Feb 2009, يوسف كامنغ، الجزيرة". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  18. ^ "كلمة السيد جوزيف في مؤتمر الدوحة العاشر لحوار الأديان". YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  19. ^ "Public Television: Front and Center with Ray Hardman: Christian-Muslim Relations". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
  20. ^ Joseph Cumming interviewed by Monica Novotny on MSNBC's "The Most" about Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg lecture "Joseph Cumming on MSNBC re: Popes remarks on Islam, Sept 2006". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  21. ^ "Yale Opts Not to Publish Offensive Cartoons | Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  22. ^ "New Haven Independent | Expert Confronts Author On "Killer" Cartoons". www.newhavenindependent.org.
  23. ^ "Joseph Cumming on WICC radio, re: Pope's remarks on Islam". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  24. ^ "Peace at Ground Zero, CBC ". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  25. ^ "Peace at Ground Zero". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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