Akintunde E. Akinade, is Professor of Theology at Georgetown University’s Edmund E. Walsh School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Before moving to Georgetown, he was Professor of Religion at High Point University in High Point, North Carolina. He has also taught at Wesleyan University, College of New Rochelle, Union Theological Seminary in New York, New York Theological Seminary, and Adeyemi College of Education, Nigeria. He is the author of Christian Responses to Islam in Nigeria: A Contextual Study of Ambivalent Encounters. He co-edited The Agitated Mind of God: The Theology of Kosuke Koyama with Dale T. Irvin (the book was chosen as one of the fifteen outstanding books in Ecumenical and Mission Studies in 1996 by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research) and Creativity and Change in Nigerian Christianity with David O. Ogungbile. He is the editor of A New Day: Essays on World Christianity in Honor of Lamin Sanneh and Fractured Spectrum: Perspectives on Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria. He has also edited special volumes for both The Muslim World and The Journal of World Christianity. He is presently writing two books: West African Religious History: An Introduction for New York University Press and Encountering God’s Grace: Exploring the Contributions of Iya Adura Esther Ajayi to African Christianity for Malthouse Press. He serves on the Editorial Board of The Muslim World, Journal of Religion in Africa, Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, Religions, The Trinity Journal of Theology, Journal of World Christianity, Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, Orita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies, and Odu: A Journal of West African Studies. Within the American Academy of Religion, he has served on the Committee on The Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession, the Committee on International Connections and as member of the Editorial Board for The Journal of the American Academy of Religion. At Georgetown, he teaches courses in Religion and Violence, Liberation Theologies in the US, Human Images in World Religions, The Problem of God, World Religions Today, and Christian Responses to Islam. Also at Georgetown, he serves on the Curricular Group on Culture and Politics, Admissions Committee, and the University Leadership Council for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Racial Justice Initiatives. He is the co-chair for the African Students Association at GU-Q. He has served as an external reviewer for tenure and promotion for several universities in the US, Nigeria, Canada, India, UK, South Africa, Qatar, and Ghana. In 2015, in recognition of his commitment to interreligious engagement, the White House invited him to participate in the President’s Interfaith and Community Service campus challenge.
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- GU-Q Professor, SFS - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service - Qatar