Joseph Cumming
| Joseph Cumming | |
|---|---|
| Born | New York City, United States |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University Fuller Theological Seminary Yale University |
| Spouse(s) | Michele Pezdirtz Cumming (1984 - present) |
| Website | http://www.josephcumming.com |
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]
References
- ↑ International Church at Yale website: http://www.yale.edu/icy/
- ↑ Connecticut Public Television http://www.cpbn.org/profile/joseph-cumming
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Wellenbrecher gegen den Islam-Hass http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/anti-islamismus-in-den-usa-wellenbrecher-gegen-den-islam-hass-1.1004142
- ↑ أصوات التسامح في مواجهة دعاة كراهية الإسلام http://ar.qantara.de/content/jw-md-lslm-fy-lwlyt-lmthd-lmryky-swt-ltsmh-fy-mwjh-d-krhy-lslm
- ↑ Christian Science Monitor: Christians, Muslims Move Ahead on Global Talks http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2008/0319/p03s03-usgn.html
- ↑ Yale Center for Faith and Culture http://faith.yale.edu/common-word/common-word-christian-response
- ↑ Service Without Borders: Princeton Alumni Weekly http://www.princeton.edu/paw/archive_old/PAW99-00/12-0322/0322feat.html#story2
- ↑ Doulos Community website: http://www.douloscommunity.org/
- ↑ Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University: http://berkleycenterdevelopment.georgetown.edu:3005/resources/people/joseph-cumming
- ↑ http://www.josephcumming.com/links/index.html
- ↑ http://www.josephcumming.com/bio/
- ↑ اختتام المؤتمر التاسع لحوار الأديان في الدوحة http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itmusRbMC38
- ↑ Joseph Cumming on Al-Jazeera, Feb 2009, يوسف كامنغ، الجزيرة http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRouoHQ9eJw
- ↑ كلمة السيد جوزيف في مؤتمر الدوحة العاشر لحوار الأديان http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aye0mcl7S2A
- ↑ Public Television: Front and Center with Ray Hardman: Christian-Muslim Relations http://www.frequency.com/video/joseph-cumming-public-tvs-front-center-w/134525293/-/5-18816783
- ↑ Joseph Cumming interviewed by Monica Novotny on MSNBC's "The Most" about Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg lecture http://manhag.net/p/watch.php?id=N8GHPjj0570
- ↑ NPR: Yale Opts Not to Publish Offensive Cartoons http://www.cpbn.org/article/yale-opts-not-publish-offensive-cartoons. Cf. also related article and video here: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/10/in_an_evening_l.php.
- ↑ Joseph Cumming on WICC radio, re: Pope's remarks on Islam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhF97jEIqTs
- ↑ Peace at Ground Zero, CBC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K2IX3TzlHA. Cf. also http://www.contextwithlornadueck.com/episodes/peace-at-ground-zero.
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Wellenbrecher gegen den Islam-Hass http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/anti-islamismus-in-den-usa-wellenbrecher-gegen-den-islam-hass-1.1004142