Joseph Cumming

Joseph Cumming is a scholar of Islamic and Christian thought who serves as Pastor of the International Church at Yale University^[1] and works internationally as a consultant on Muslim-Christian and Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations.^[2][3][4] He was one of the architects of the "Yale Response" to the Common Word initiative of 138 prominent Muslim leaders and scholars.^[5][6] He is also International Director of Doulos Community,^[7] a humanitarian organization working in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania,^[8] and is past President of the Federation of NGOs in Mauritania.^[9] Cumming has published numerous articles^[10] 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.^[11] He has been interviewed in Arabic on Al-Jazeera and other Arab television networks,^[12][13][14] and in English on American^{[15][16][17][18]} and Canadian^[19] television and radio, and in French and German by European and African news media.^[20]

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