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 has published reviews and articles in The Muslim World, Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, Journal of World Christianity, Studies in World Christianity, Conversations, Missiology, The International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Exchange, Mission Studies, and Union Seminary Quarterly Review. He is the editor of A New Day: Essays on World Christianity in Honor of Lamin Sanneh (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2010). He has also edited Creativity and Change in Nigerian Christianity with David Ogungbile (Lagos: Malthouse Press, 2010), and The Agitated Mind of God with Dale Irvin (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1996). He is presently working on two book projects: West African Religious History: An Introduction (New York: NYU Press) and Abiding Faith: Christian Responses to Islam in Nigeria for Palgrave/Macmillan Press.