Joseph Cumming

Joseph Cumming is an American scholar specializing in Islamic and Christian thought. He serves as International Director of the Woodberry Intercultural Institute<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and as Research Faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He previously worked at Yale University as Director of the Reconciliation Program at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and taught courses at Yale Divinity School.<ref name=":0" /> He later served as Pastor of the International Church at Yale.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Cumming works internationally as a consultant on Muslim–Christian and Muslim–Christian–Jewish relations.<ref>Connecticut Public Television {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was one of the architects of the "Yale Response" to the Common Word initiative of 138 prominent Muslim leaders and scholars.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1" />

As International Director of Doulos Community,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he led a humanitarian program for 15 years in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> where he also served as President of the Federation of NGOs in Mauritania.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cumming has published numerous articles<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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, Fuller Theological Seminary, and other Evangelical institutions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He has been interviewed in Arabic on Al Jazeera and other Arab television networks,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:CbignoreTemplate:Dead YouTube links</ref> and in English on American<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Joseph Cumming interviewed by Monica Novotny on MSNBC's "The Most" about Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg lecture {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> and Canadian<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> television and radio, and in French and German by European and African news media.<ref name="auto" />