website birth_place spouse article_title name alma_mater
http://www.josephcumming.com new york city , united states michele pezdirtz cumming -lrb- 1984 - present -rrb- joseph cumming
 joseph cumming princeton university fuller theological seminary yale university
joseph cumming

joseph cumming is a scholar of islamic and christian thought who serves as pastor of the international church at yale university and works internationally as a consultant on muslim-christian and muslim-christian-jewish relations .
he was one of the architects of the `` yale response '' to the common word initiative of 138 prominent muslim leaders and scholars .
he is also international director of doulos community , a humanitarian organization working in the islamic republic of mauritania , and is past president of the federation of ngos in mauritania .
cumming has published numerous articles 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 .
he has been interviewed in arabic on al-jazeera and other arab television networks , and in english on american and canadian television and radio , and in french and german by european and african news media .
