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{{Short description|American scholar of Islamic and Christian thought}}
{{about||the English geologist and archaeologist|Joseph George Cumming|the university president|Joseph Cummings}}
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| birth_place = [[New York City]], [[United States]]
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| alma_mater = [[Princeton University]] (AB) <br /> [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] (M.Div.) <br /> [[Yale University]] (Ph.D.) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Cumming Bio |url=http://www.josephcumming.com/bio/index.html |website=www.josephcumming.com}}</ref>
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| spouse = Rev. Michele Pezdirtz Cumming (1984 - present)
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'''Joseph Cumming''' is an expert on Islamic and Christian thought who serves as International Director of the [https://www.woodberryinstitute.org/ Woodberry Intercultural Institute]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Woodberry Intercultural Institute |url=https://www.woodberryinstitute.org/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=The Woodberry Intercultural Institute |language=en-US}}</ref> and as Research Faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Joseph Cumming faculty webpage at Fuller Theological Seminary |url=https://www.fuller.edu/adjunct/joseph-cumming/ |url-status=live |website=Fuller Theological Seminary faculty page}}</ref> He worked previously at Yale University as Director of the Reconciliation Program at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=A Common Word {{!}} YCFC |url=https://faith.yale.edu/legacy-projects/a-common-word |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=faith.yale.edu |language=en}}</ref> and teaching courses at Yale Divinity School,<ref name=":0" /> and then as Pastor of the International Church at Yale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} International Church At Yale |url=https://icy.yale.edu/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=icy.yale.edu}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He works internationally as a consultant on Muslim-Christian and Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations.<ref>''Connecticut Public Television ''{{cite web |url=http://www.cpbn.org/profile/joseph-cumming |title=Joseph Cumming &#124; Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network |accessdate=2014-07-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714183042/http://www.cpbn.org/profile/joseph-cumming |archivedate=2014-07-14 }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/anti-islamismus-in-den-usa-wellenbrecher-gegen-den-islam-hass-1.1004142|title=Wellenbrecher gegen den Islam-Hass|first=Gökalp|last=Babayiğit|website=Süddeutsche.de|date=24 September 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ar.qantara.de/content/jw-md-lslm-fy-lwlyt-lmthd-lmryky-swt-ltsmh-fy-mwjh-d-krhy-lslm|title=أجواء معاداة الإسلام في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية:: أصوات التسامح في مواجهة دعاة كراهية الإسلام - Qantara.de|website=Qantara.de موقع قنطرة للحوار مع العالم الإسلامي ـ|date=3 October 2010 }}</ref> He was one of the architects of the "Yale Response" to the [[Common Word]] initiative of 138 prominent Muslim leaders and scholars.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2008/0319/p03s03-usgn.html|title=Christians, Muslims move ahead on global talks|date=March 19, 2008|journal=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://faith.yale.edu/common-word/common-word-christian-response|title=A Common Word - Christian Response &#124; Yale Center for Faith and Culture|website=faith.yale.edu|access-date=2020-04-26|archive-date=2020-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809194555/https://faith.yale.edu/common-word/common-word-christian-response|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
'''Joseph Cumming''' is a scholar of Islamic and Christian thought who serves as Pastor of the International Church at Yale University<ref>''International Church at Yale website: ''http://www.yale.edu/icy/</ref> and works internationally as a consultant on Muslim-Christian and Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations.<ref>''Connecticut Public Television ''http://www.cpbn.org/profile/joseph-cumming</ref><ref>''Süddeutsche Zeitung: Wellenbrecher gegen den Islam-Hass '' http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/anti-islamismus-in-den-usa-wellenbrecher-gegen-den-islam-hass-1.1004142</ref><ref>''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</ref> He was one of the architects of the "Yale Response" to the [[Common Word]] initiative of 138 prominent Muslim leaders and scholars.<ref>''Christian Science Monitor: Christians, Muslims Move Ahead on Global Talks '' http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2008/0319/p03s03-usgn.html</ref><ref>''Yale Center for Faith and Culture ''http://faith.yale.edu/common-word/common-word-christian-response</ref> He is also International Director of Doulos Community,<ref>''Service Without Borders: Princeton Alumni Weekly ''http://www.princeton.edu/paw/archive_old/PAW99-00/12-0322/0322feat.html#story2</ref> a humanitarian organization working in the [[Islamic Republic of Mauritania]],<ref>''Doulos Community website: ''http://www.douloscommunity.org/</ref> and is past President of the Federation of NGOs in Mauritania.<ref>Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University: ''http://berkleycenterdevelopment.georgetown.edu:3005/resources/people/joseph-cumming''</ref> Cumming has published numerous articles<ref>http://www.josephcumming.com/links/index.html</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]], as well as at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] and other [[Evangelical]] institutions.<ref>http://www.josephcumming.com/bio/</ref> He has been interviewed in Arabic on [[Al-Jazeera]] and other Arab television networks,<ref>''اختتام المؤتمر التاسع لحوار الأديان في الدوحة ''http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itmusRbMC38</ref><ref>''Joseph Cumming on Al-Jazeera, Feb 2009, يوسف كامنغ، الجزيرة ''http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRouoHQ9eJw</ref><ref>''كلمة السيد جوزيف في مؤتمر الدوحة العاشر لحوار الأديان ''http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aye0mcl7S2A</ref> and in English on American<ref>''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</ref><ref>''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</ref><ref>''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.</ref><ref>''Joseph Cumming on WICC radio, re: Pope's remarks on Islam ''http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhF97jEIqTs</ref> and Canadian<ref>''Peace at Ground Zero, CBC '' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K2IX3TzlHA. Cf. also http://www.contextwithlornadueck.com/episodes/peace-at-ground-zero.</ref> television and radio, and in French and German by European and African news media.<ref>''Süddeutsche Zeitung: Wellenbrecher gegen den Islam-Hass '' http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/anti-islamismus-in-den-usa-wellenbrecher-gegen-den-islam-hass-1.1004142</ref>
 
As International Director of Doulos Community<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.princeton.edu/paw/archive_old/PAW99-00/12-0322/0322feat.html#story2|title=''Service Without Borders: Princeton Alumni Weekly''}}</ref> he led a humanitarian program for 15 years in the [[Islamic Republic of Mauritania]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.douloscommunity.org/|title=Doulos Community}}</ref> where he also served as President of the Federation of NGOs in Mauritania.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://berkleycenterdevelopment.georgetown.edu:3005/resources/people/joseph-cumming|title=Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University|access-date=2022-05-29|archive-date=2014-07-09|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140709184908/http://berkleycenterdevelopment.georgetown.edu:3005/resources/people/joseph-cumming|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
Cumming has published numerous articles<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Cumming articles |url=https://josephcumming.com/articles |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Joseph Cumming articles}}</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]], as well as at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] and other [[Evangelical]] institutions.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.josephcumming.com/bio/ | title=Joseph Cumming Bio | access-date=2014-07-01 | archive-date=2017-07-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719021428/http://www.josephcumming.com/bio/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has been interviewed in Arabic on [[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al-Jazeera]] and other Arab television networks,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itmusRbMC38 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/itmusRbMC38 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=''اختتام المؤتمر التاسع لحوار الأديان في الدوحة''|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRouoHQ9eJw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/MRouoHQ9eJw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=''Joseph Cumming on Al-Jazeera, Feb 2009, يوسف كامنغ، الجزيرة''|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aye0mcl7S2A|title=''كلمة السيد جوزيف في مؤتمر الدوحة العاشر لحوار الأديان''|website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> and in English on American<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frequency.com/video/joseph-cumming-public-tvs-front-center-w/134525293/-/5-18816783|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015733/http://www.frequency.com/video/joseph-cumming-public-tvs-front-center-w/134525293/-/5-18816783|url-status=dead|title=Public Television: Front and Center with Ray Hardman: Christian-Muslim Relations|archivedate=September 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>''Joseph Cumming interviewed by Monica Novotny on MSNBC's "The Most" about Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg lecture ''{{cite web |url=http://manhag.net/p/watch.php?id=N8GHPjj0570 |title=Joseph Cumming on MSNBC re: Popes remarks on Islam, Sept 2006 |accessdate=2014-07-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231941/http://manhag.net/p/watch.php?id=N8GHPjj0570 |archivedate=2014-07-14 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cpbn.org/article/yale-opts-not-publish-offensive-cartoons |title=Yale Opts Not to Publish Offensive Cartoons &#124; Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network |access-date=2014-07-02 |archive-date=2014-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164719/http://www.cpbn.org/article/yale-opts-not-publish-offensive-cartoons |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/10/in_an_evening_l.php|title=New Haven Independent &#124; Expert Confronts Author On "Killer" Cartoons|website=www.newhavenindependent.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhF97jEIqTs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/xhF97jEIqTs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=''Joseph Cumming on WICC radio, re: Pope's remarks on Islam''|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and Canadian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K2IX3TzlHA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/5K2IX3TzlHA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=''Peace at Ground Zero, CBC ''|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.contextwithlornadueck.com/episodes/peace-at-ground-zero |title=Peace at Ground Zero |access-date=2014-07-02 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031942/http://www.contextwithlornadueck.com/episodes/peace-at-ground-zero |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> television and radio, and in French and German by European and African news media.<ref name="auto" />
 
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