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34.“Muslims’ Relationship with People of the Book in the US: The Avant-garde of Dialogueof Action as an Instrument for Reinforcing Community Spirit,” The International Journalof Religion and Spirituality in Society, Vol. 1, Iss. 4. (2011), 25-36.“Root Causes and the Human/Economic Costs of Religious Conflicts in Northern Nigeriain the Last Two Decades: A Theological, Social, and Political Evaluation,” InternationalJournal of African Catholicism. June 2011, Vol. 2, Number 2, pp. olicism.Guest Editor, Special Edition – Christian-Muslim Dialogue. The International Journal ofAfrican Catholicism (IJAC), Summer 2011, Vol. 2, No. ism.“The Hermeneutical Challenges In Muslim-Christian Dialogue.” Indian TheologicalStudies. Vol. XLVII No. 3, September 2010, pp. 233-252.“The Odyssey of African Theologians in America.” International Journal of AfricanCatholicism. Summer 2010, Vol. 1, Number ism.“The Prophetic Imperatives of Dialogue: The Challenges of Missions in NorthernNigeria.” In Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology, Vol. 22, 2010, pp. 48-65.“Engaging The Media As Effective Tools For Interreligions Dialogue in MultireligionsSocieties: A Catholic Evaluation.” In Journal of Interreligious Dialogue (JIRD), Vol. 3March 2010. www.irdialogue.org.“Democracy in a Multi-Religious and Cultural Setting: The Nigerian Context.” In WorldFutures, 59:381-390, 2003. Taylor and Francis Inc.“The role of religion in National unity – Focus on Nigeria.” In Tambari Kano Journal ofEducation. A journal of Federal College of Education, Kano. March, 2003.A number of articles published in local and national newspapers in the US including“Country should emulate the lives of moral leaders,” in Wausau Daily Herald, Wausau,Wisconsin, Friday, October 27, 2000, p. 3B.“The role of Counseling in Christian Youth Ministry.” In Book of Reading, School ofArts and Social Sciences, Federal College of Education, Kano. Vol. 1 No. 1, 1999.66

“The New Millennium and the Responsible use of the Communication Media inNigeria.” In Tambari Kano Journal of Education. A journal of Federal College ofEducation, Kano. Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1999.Ph.D Dissertations DirectedSuccessfully supervised the Ph.D dissertation and defense of Dr. Simon-Mary Aihokhai –2013. Title of dissertation: “Hospitality and Friendship As Effective Tools ForSustained Interreligious Dialogue: A Case Study of the Catholic Community ofIhievbe, Edo State,Nigeria.”Successfully supervised the Ph.D dissertation and defense of Martin Ahiaba 2016. Thetitle of his dissertation is: “Christian Supercessionism And The Dilemma OfDialogue In Jos Nigeria: Exploring Panikkar’s Dialogical Dialogue As AParadigm For Interreligious Dialogue And Conflict Resolution”Successfully supervised the Ph.D dissertation and defense of Joyce Konigsburg in Spring2017. Title of dissertation is: “Improved Interreligious Dialogue: RelationalOntology Models Of Creator/Creature And Quantum Entanglement”Served as external examiner for Toronto School of Theology – Defended Nov. 30, 2016.The PhD thesis of Nicholas Obiero. The thesis is entitled "Towards a Theologyof Mission and Evangelization in Kenya in a Post-Colonial Context: Challengesand Opportunities."Currently Supervising dissertation of the following Ph.D Candidates:Cajetan Anyanwu: Title of dissertation proposal: “Reshaping The Theology And PraxisOf Inculturation Through Interreligious Dialogue Between The Catholic ChurchAnd African Traditional Religion In Igboland, Nigeria”Illesnmi G. Ajibola: Still working on his dissertation proposal. Title of dissertation: “ATheological Analysis of Confessional-Centric Curriculum of Christian ReligiousEducation: Towards an Inclusive Religious Pluralistic Centered Curriculum forNigeria Colleges of Education.”CONFERENCE/SEMINAR PAPERS PRESENTED“Religion: A Double-Edged Sword Agent for Ecological Sustainability – A call forDialogue of Action Through the Media Among Religions Toward Combating Ecological77

Problems.” A paper presented at the 14th International Conference on Environmental,Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability. Held at The Cairns Institute, James CookUniversity, Cairns, Australia. January 17-19, 2018.“Non-Ecclesio-Centric Christian Mission and Inclusive Religious Pluralism As Assets forInterreligious Dialogue and Mission in the 21st Century”. A plenary lecture delivered atthe Theology and Religious Studies department of University of Chester, Chester,England on October 25, 2017."Inclusive Religious Pluralism: A Theological Lynchpin Toward Effective InterreligiousDialogue Today." Presented at the Seventh International Conference on Religion andSpirituality in Society on the theme: “Understanding Globalism, Respecting Difference”.Held on April 17-18, 2017 at Imperial College London, London, UK.“Post-Vatican II and Religious Diversity in Catholic Higher Education – Reference toThe Spiritan and Jesuits Models.” A paper presented at the “Religion and Ethics inHigher Education Symposium” at University of Pittsburgh on October 12, 2016.“Inclusive Religious Pluralism Undergirding Interreligious Dialogue as 21st CenturyTheological Model for Mission”. Paper presented at the 14th International Association ofMission in Seoul, South Korea, August 11-17, 2016."Promoting Effective Cultural and Religious Dialogue In African Society." A PaperPresented to Participants of Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African LeadersDuquesne University Civic Leadership Institute on July 7, 2016 at Duquesne University,Pittsburgh, PA.“Ong, the Media, and Religion in a Pluralistic Society – Insights and Challenges.” Apaper delivered at the 17 Convention of Media Ecology Association, June 22-26, 2016 atUniversity of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.“Navigating the Challenges of Race Relations Toward Effective Inter-religious and Intrareligious Dialogue among and between Muslims and Christians in Europe and the US.” APaper presented at CTSA 2016 Convention held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 8-11,2016.“The Urgency for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Nigeria - the Imperative ofthe Worldview of Inclusive Religious Pluralism.” A Guest Lecture presented atDominican Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria. May 4, 2016.“Religious and theological Perspective of the Environment and its Sustainability.” Apaper delivered at workshop in Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey on August 13, 2015.Theme of the workshop was “Environment and Nature in Christianity and Islam”.88

“World Religions In Eco-Theological Dialogue: Advocating a Robust Eco-theologicalDialogue Toward Environmental Sustainability.” Presented at the 11th InternationalConference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability. Held onJanuary 21-23, 2015 at Scandic Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark.“Muslims Engaging Christians and People of Other Faiths Toward Effective Dialogue inToday’s America.” A Lecture Delivered to Members of the Muslim Community Centerof Greater Pittsburgh (MCCGP) of Monroeville, PA, on December 3, 2014."Inclusive Religious Pluralism: A Theological Lynchpin Toward Effective InterreligiousDialogue Today." A Paper Presented at KAICID Dialogue Center OrganizedInternational Conference on “Dialogue Beyond Dialogue” held in KAICID Center, anIntergovernmental Interreligious Dialogue Organization, Vienna, Austria. November 912, 2014.“Promoting Dialogue of Action Among Abrahamic Religions toward better Social andEconomic Welfare of Citizens.” A paper presented at a conference titled Sacred Textsand Human Contexts: Poverty and Wealth in the Sacred Texts of Judaism, Christianity,and Islam at Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey. June 9–10, 2014.“Appropriating Christian and Islamic Selected Sacred Texts to Underscore JacquesDupuis’ Theology of Inclusive Pluralism Toward Effective Global Muslim-ChristianDialogue.” A paper presented at International Theological Conference on Inter-faithDialogue. Hosted by Australian Catholic University, Melbourne St. Patrick’s Campus,Australia, May 26-29, 2014.“African Theologians in Diaspora: Drawing on the Theology of Inclusive ReligiousPluralism to Construct An African Value Oriented Progressive Interreligious Dialogue.”A Paper Presented at African Research Colloquium hosted by Center For AfricanStudies, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday, November 9th, 2013.“African Theologians in Diaspora: Negotiating a Progressive African Identity TowardEffective Interreligious Dialogue By Drawing on the Values of Postmodernism andInclusive Pluralism.” A Paper presented at the Colloquium of African Theologians atHekima Jesuit Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, August 14-16, 2013.“Navigating Between Exclusivism and Religious Pluralism in Christian and IslamicSacred Texts: The Case For Inclusive Pluralism - Toward Effective Muslim-ChristianDialogue.” A Paper Presented at “Sacred Texts and Human Contexts Symposium” ofHickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue, Nazareth College, Rochester, NewYork, June 23-25, 2013.“Harnessing the Goals of Dialogue through Cultural and Religious Collaborationsbetween Muslims and Christians in Northern Nigeria toward Cultural, Economic, and99

Social Sustainability in Nigeria.” A paper presented at the 9th International Conference onEnvironment, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability held at Hiroshima, Japan,January 23-25, 2013.“Exploring Religious and Cultural Pluralism as Assets Toward Effective BridgeBuilding in Muslim-Christian Relationship in Northern Nigeria – The Global Import ofthis Exploration.” A paper presented at the International Conference on ContemporaryPhilosophy of Religion, Tehran, Iran, December 23-24, 2012.“Christian-Muslim Relation in Northern Nigerian: Advocating a Conceptual Paradigmaticshift - From Cultural and Religious Tolerance to Cultural and Religious InclusivePluralism As Recipe For Peace.” A paper presented at Religious Studies and TheologyDepartment of Heythrop College, London, UK, on October 18, 2012.“Outside de jure Religious Pluralism No Dialogue: A Critical Socio-TheologicalAssessment of Christian-Muslim Dialogue in Post-Colonial Sub-Saharan Africa.” Apaper presentation the Religious Pluralism and interreligious Dialogue conference atGeorgetown University, May 23, 2012.“Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa.” A paper presentations to students of African andIslamic Law Society of the Law School, Duquesne University on January 26, 2012.“A Critique of the Historical Development of Catholic Dialogue With Jews and Muslims:The Challenges and Benefits of Post-Modern Religious Pluralism.” A Paper Delivered atLEST VIII Conference, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. October 26-29, 2011.Muslim-Christian Conflicts in Northern Nigeria – A Continuum of Decades of Girard’s“Muslim-Christian Conflicts in Northern Nigeria – A Continuum of Decades of Girard’sAcquisitive Mimetic Violence. What does the Future hold?” Being A Paper Presented atthe Colloquium For Violence and Religion, held at Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy, June 1518, 2011“Ethnic and Religious Crises/Rivalries in Africa: The Making of New Martyrs andSaints” Paper delivered at CTSA 2011 convention in San Jose, CA, June 8-12, 2011.“Dialogues of Life and Action as Social Recipe Against Religious Motivated Violence inNorthern Nigeria.” A Paper Presented @ CTS Annual Conference, Iona College, NewRochelle, NY, June 2-5, 2011“Muslims Relationship with People of the Book in the US – The Avant-Garde ofDialogue of Action As Instrument of Reinforcing Community Spirit.” A Paper presentedat the Inaugural International Conference of Religion and Spirituality in the Society atChicago, Illinois, February 15-17, 2011.1010

“Dialogue Along Mystics’ Spirituality: Models of Effective InterreligiousDialogue in Religious Pluralistic Societies.” A Paper Presented at Mysticism WithoutBounds International Conference, Bangalore, India. January 5-8, 2011.“The Human and Economic Cost of Religious Conflicts in Northern Nigeria in the Last20 Years.” A paper presented at the Christian-Muslim Dialogue Symposium at DuquesneUniversity, Pittsburgh, PA on October 22, 2010.“Inclusive Pluralism and Dialogue: Re-echoing the Imperative Christian Response to theGlobal Pandemic Cultural and Religious Conflicts.” At College Theology Society’sannual conference in Portland, Oregon, June 3rd – 6th, 2010.“The Prophetic Imperatives of Dialogue: The challenges of Missions in northern NigeriaLessons For Muslim-Christian Dialogue in the United States.” At the annual conferenceof Catholic Theological Society of America held in Cleveland, Ohio, June 10th – 12th,2010.“The Odyssey of African Theologians in America” a paper presented at colloquium ofAfrican-American theologians at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. May 26, 2010."World religions in eco-theological dialogue: Modeling Jacques Dupuis’ inclusivereligious pluralism for eco-theological dialogue between Christians and peoples ofIndigenous Religions," Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, October 30th, 2009."Human, Media, and Cultural Developments in Walter Ong’s Dialogic Openness andTheir Interreligious Dialogic Relevance in Religious Pluralist Societies," at theconference of Media Ecology Association, holding at Saint Louis University, June 2009.“Upholding human rights and dignity in a democratic society - the Nigerian experienceand the church’s response.” A paper delivered at the annual congress of the AlumniAssociation of Saint Augustine’s Major Seminary, Jos. Held in the seminary auditoriumfrom 24th – 27th June 2002.“The role of religion in National unity – Focus on Nigeria.” A paper presented at theconference of National Association for the Promotion of Studies in Arts and SocialSciences (NAPSASS). Held at Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State.July 30-August 2, 2001.“The Church and the Evangelization of the Political Culture of Nigeria – A mediaperspective.” A paper presented at the 16th annual conference of Catholic TheologicalAssociation of Nigeria (CATHAN). Held at Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu. April17-20, 2001.1111

“Mass Media and Citizenship Education.” Paper presented at the annual conference ofSocial Studies Teachers Association of Nigeria (SOSTAN). Held at Federal College ofEducation, Abeokuta, Ogun State. May 2-5, 2000.“Priestly identity in the 3rd millennium: The Nigerian experience.” A paper presented atthe 15th annual conference of Theologians Association of Nigeria. At St. Paul’sMissionary Seminary, Gwagwalada, Abuja. April 25-28, 2000.A response to the paper “Truth, our guide and guard as a people of God.” Presented byProfessor Adewole of the University of Jos, at a seminar orgranised in St. Augustine’smajor seminary, Jos. By the Awakening Light magazine editorial board, February 7-8th,2000.“Students and the challenges of the next millennium in nation building.” A paperpresented at the First Provincial Convention of Nigeria Federation of Catholic Students,Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province. Held at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, AhmaduBello University, Zaria. On Friday, July 2nd, 1999.“Igbo philosophies and world-view in the 21st century Nigeria.” A paper delivered at thefirst national conference on “Ndi Igbo, their culture, language and literature in the north:issues for national unity and integration.” Organised by Igbo department of FederalCollege of Education, Zaria on May 20-21, 1999.“The jubilee Year 2000 and the responsible use of the communications media inNigeria.” A paper presented at the 14th annual conference of Catholic Theologians ofNigeria (CATHAN) conference held at St. Peter and Paul Seminary, Ibadan from April5th to 9th, 1999.“Religion in the context of a democratic media – a sociological outlook.” Delivered at aseminar of the School of Arts and Social Science, Federal College of Education, Kano,December 1997.Invited Academic Presentations or Public LectureInvitation to be a Panelist at the “Fellowship of the Faiths” Iftar Dinner at MuslimCommunity Center of Greater Pittsburgh (MCCGP), Monroeville on June 4, 2017. TheTopic of the panel discussion was “What’s the Value of Interfaith Relations?”Catholic Church, Forest Hill, Pittsburgh, on October 16, 2016. This event was organizedby youth ministry of the parish.Invited by CERIS to facilitate a book discussion of Who is Allah? (Lawrence, 2015) onFriday February 19, 2016 at University of Pittsburgh.Invited to be one of three panelists by Daya International Consultants for PeaceInitiatives (ICPI) at University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International1212

Affairs, during the Week of Peace celebration on September 22, 2015. The panelreviewed and responded to audience questions after the screening of the filmdocumentary “The Pastor and the Imam.”Invited by the Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh and Peace Islands Institute askeynote speaker at the 15th Annual Friendship Dinner and Awards Ceremony, November19, 2015, Westin Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA.Solicited Internet Publications“Looking Beyond Vatican II: A Shift from Religious Inclusivism to Inclusive ReligiousPluralism.” Ecumenism and Interreligious kwu.html. Retrieved December 28, 2015.Recent Academic/Service Awards1. Gladstone Library Visiting Research Scholar for 2017.2. Visiting Research Fellow, University of Chester, Chester, England - Sept 2016 –2019.3. The Paluse Faculty Research Grant Award for 2014-2015 academic year - 6,000.4. Humanity Day Award 2014 from Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, PA.5. Duquesne University Presidential Scholarship Award for Summer 2013 - 5,000.6. Spring Break Away for 2010 from Office of International Program.3. NEH Endowment of 1, 700.00 with three other colleagues of my department,McAnulty College, Duquesne University, Dec. 2010.4. NEH Endowment ( 3,000.00 ) as chair of Christian-Muslim DialogueCommittee McAnulty College, Duquesne University, May 2010.5. Duquesne University Presidential Scholarship Award for Summer 2009 - 2,000.Recent Community ServiceInterviews with WBVP Beaver Falls, PA about the public lectures of CCMD. The firstinterview was in the spring of 2015 and the second was on October 12, 2015.Interviewed by KQV News Radio in Pittsburgh, PA about a CMDC organizedsymposium for September 24, 2014. The full version of the interview is onhttp://kqv.com/news.asp?newscategoryID oryID {C4349592-B64D-4AF7-BDE8F3EB32ABE7E4}Interviewed by Essential Radio Service, an affiliate of NPR to comment on the situationof Coptic Christians in Egypt. The interview is published on the website of the station.Tim Camerato, “What is a Coptic Christian?” October 17, 2011. Retrieved -10-17/what-coptic-christian-8109.Retrieved on October 17, 2011.Current Professional Services1313

Member, Editorial Board of the journal Earth Science and Engineering since March2015.Member, Editorial Board of Pinnacle Journal Publication since 2014Article Editor, SAGE Social Science Journals, July to August, 2014.Member, Pro-tem board of Director, Walter J. Ong Society, July 2014 to June 2015.Duquesne Representative on the board of Consortium Educational Resources on IslamicStudies (CERIS) from July 2014.OTHER PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES1. Chair, Annual Holy Spirit Lecture Committee 2017-2018.2. Chair, Duquesne University Committee, Muslim-Christian Dialogue now knownas Consortium for Christian-Muslim Dialogue

Duquesne University 600 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15282 Office: (412) 396-1014 iwuchukwum@duq.edu Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION Ph.D. in Theology and Society (Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA), 2008. Masters in Religious Journalism (Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA), 1998 . Northcentral Technical College, Wausau, Wisconsin.