Georgetown University: School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Dr. Akintunde Akinade is Visiting Professor at the School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Before coming to Georgetown University, he taught courses in comparative religions, Christian thought, and Christian-Muslim relations at High Point University in High Point, NC, for twelve years. He has also taught at Wesleyan University, College of New Rochelle, and New York Theological Seminary. He earned his B.A. in Religious Studies from Obafemi Awolowo University, M.Div. from Southern Methodist University, and M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

His research focuses on Christian-Muslim relations, African religions, religion and immigration, and inter-cultural studies. He serves on the Editorial Board of The Muslim World, Religions/Adyan, Trinity Journal of Church and Theology, and The Living Pulpit. He is also the book review editor for the Journal of World Christianity. Within the American Academy of Religion, he serves on the Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession. He is the co-editor of The Agitated Mind of God, published by Orbis Books. He has published reviews and articles in The Muslim World, Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, Studies in World Christianity, Conversations, Missiology, The International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Exchange, Mission Studies, and Union Seminary Quarterly Review. He is presently working on a monograph for Peter Lang Publishing tentatively titled Sacred Rumblings: Christian-Muslim Engagement in Contemporary Nigeria.

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