Joseph Cumming

Joseph Cumming is a scholar of Islamic and Christian thought who serves as pastor of the International Church at Yale University[2] and works internationally as a consultant on Muslim-Christian and Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations.[3][4][5] He was one of the architects of the "Yale Response" to the Common Word initiative of 138 prominent Muslim leaders and scholars.[6][7] He is also International Director of Doulos Community,[8] a humanitarian organization working in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania,[9] and is past president of the Federation of NGOs in Mauritania.[10] Cumming has published numerous articles[11] 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.[12] He has been interviewed in Arabic on Al-Jazeera and other Arab television networks,[13][14][15] and in English on American[16][17][18][19][20] and Canadian[21][22] television and radio, and in French and German by European and African news media.[4]

Joseph Cumming
Born	New York City, United States
Alma mater	Princeton University (AB) Fuller Theological Seminary (M.Div.) Yale University (Ph.D.) [1]
Spouse(s)	Rev. Michele Pezdirtz Cumming (1984 - present)
Website	www.josephcumming.com/index.html