Joseph Kenny

O.P.

CURRICULUM VITAE

in University of Ibadan format

I. Personal Data
• Name: Joseph KENNY (Rev. Fr. Prof.)
• Date of birth: 12 January 1936

II. Present appointment: Professor and Dean of Studies, Dominican Institute, Ibadan

III. University Education:
• St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, 1954-1956.
• Aquinas Institute, River Forest, 1957-1960.
• Aquinas Institute, Dubuque, 1960-1964.
• Pontifical Institute of Arabic Studies, Rome, 1966-1967.
• University of Tunis, 1967-1968.
• University of Edinburgh, 1968-1970.

IV. Academic qualifications:
• B.A. Philosophy Aquinas Institute, River Forest, 1959
• M.A. Philosophy Aquinas Institute, River Forest, 1960
• M.A. Theology Aquinas Institute, Dubuque, 1964
• Certificate, Arabic Language Pontifical Inst. of Arabic Studies, 1967
• Diploma, Arabic Language University of Tunis, 1967
• Ph.D., Arabic & Islamic Studies University of Edinburgh, 1970

V. Professional Qualifications and Diplomas:
• A reading knowledge and some speaking knowledge of the following languages: English, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Hausa, Arabic, Yoruba, Dutch, Portuguese.

VI. Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes (for undergraduate and postgraduate work only):
• From the Government of Tunisia, a full scholarship for the academic year at the University of Tunis, 1967-1968.

VII. Honours, distinctions, memberships in learned societies:
• A member of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), from 1956.
• An ordained Catholic priest, from 1963
• Editor of Orita, from June 1985 to December 1995.
• Member of the the Association of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa (AECAWA) Commission for Inter-Religious Dialogue, 1986 to present.
• Member of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria Commission for Inter-Religious Dialogue, 1996 to present.
• Member, Nigerian Field Society.
• Member, Music Circle, University of Ibadan.
• Member, Beekeepers Association of Nigeria.

VIII Details of Teaching Experience at University Level:
• Employment:
  • SS. Peter & Paul Seminary & Dominican Institute, 1971-1979.
  • Visiting professor (every two years) at Les Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa, 1987 to 1999.
  • Lecturer I, University of Ibadan, 1 November 1979-1981.
  • Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, 1981-1994.
  • Professor, University of Ibadan, 1994 to retirement on 30 September 2001.
  • Head of Department of Religious Studies, U.I., 1 August 1995 to 31 July 1998.
  • Professor and Dean of Studies, Dominican Institute, Ibadan, 2001 to present
  
  
• Undergraduate Courses Taught:
  • Introduction to Islam
  • Islam in West Africa
  • Faith and practice in Islam
  • Sufis and Scholars in early Islam
  • Islam in the Umayyad and Abbasid periods
  • Islamic Philosophy
  • Islamic Theology and Philosophy
  • Religion and society
  • Dialogue with people of living faiths
  • Comparative ethics in a pluralistic society
  • Religion in the 7th century Semitic world
  • Basic practices of the major faiths
  • Common themes in Christian & Muslim theology
  • Religious contacts in West Africa
  
  
• Postgraduate Courses Taught:
  • Relations among peoples of living faiths
  • Islam in West Africa
  • Qur'anic studies
  • Islamic theology
  • Ethical systems
  • Phenomenology of religion
  • Metaphysical issues in religion
  • Religion and science
  • Theologies of Christian-Muslim relations
  • Converging themes in Christian & Muslim traditions

IX Dissertations and Theses:
• The virtue of eutrapalia, M.A. thesis in Philosophy, River Forest, 1960
• Satisfaction for sin, M.A. thesis in Theology, Dubuque, 1964.
• Muslim theology as presented by Muhammad b. Yusuf as-Sanusi, especially in his al-'aqida al-wusta, Ph.D. thesis, Edinburgh, 1970. With edition of Arabic text and translation.

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