Joseph Kenny

Born: 12 January 1936
Arrived in Nigeria: 13 November 1964
Citizenship: of both U.S.A. and Nigeria

Education

Employment

Languages

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

Writings (all to be found on www.josephkenny.joyeurs.com)

  1. (1961) Lutheranism and Church law, a research paper done in 1961.
  2. (1963) History of the Mass, in R. Doherty, The Christian in the World. Dubuque: Priory Press, pp. 173-180.
  3. (1964) Satisfaction for sin, M.A. thesis, Aquinas Institute of Theology, Dubuque.
  4. (1964) Singing the responsory. Worship, Vol. 38:3, 169-174.
  5. (1964) Mass stipends: origin and relevance. The Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 64:10, 842-850.
  6. (1966) Images in Church. African Ecclesiastical Review, January 1966, 40-43.
  7. (1966) Bible Study Course: English / Hausa, prepared while working in the Diocese of Sokoto.
  8. (1966) Mass stipends: doctrinal problems. The Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 66:4, 306-311. This is a postscript to the 1964 article.
  9. (1967) Islam-Christian dialog, a conversation. Listening, Current Studies in Dialog, 2:3, 214-221.
  10. (1968) Adaptation for Christian marriage among the Maguzawa, Neue Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft, 24:2, 133-144.
  11. (1970) Bibliography of Islam in the North of Nigeria and surrounding areas. Melanges de l'Institut Dominicain d'Etudes Orientales (Cairo), Vol. 10, 329-340. Superseded by Bibliography of (1999) The spread of Islam through North to West Africa 7th to 19th centuries, a historical survey with relevant Arab documents.
  12. (1970) The `Abdalwâd kingdom of Tilimsân - the political background of M. b. Y. as-Sanûsî.
  13. (1970) The vocabulary of Kalâm as found in the works of Muammad ibn-Yûsuf as-Sanûsî.
  14. (1970) Muhammad. Hebrew Encyclopaedia (Jerusalem), Vol. 22, Columns 1010-1016. Superseded by (1997) Early Islam.
  15. (1970) Reassessment of apostolate among Muslims. International Review of Mission, Vol. 39, 32-38.
  16. (1970) Muslim spirituality. Cross and Crown, Vol. 22, 306-314. Superseded by (1982) Islamic Sufism: Experience and organization. Nigerian Dialogue, N.4, 11-16.
  17. (1970) Muslim theology as presented by Muhammad b. Yûsuf as-Sanûsî, especially in his al-`aqîda al-wustâ, Ph.D. thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1970. With edition of Arabic text and translation.
  18. (1971) Islam in Christian history, a sketch. Bodija Bulletin, n.6. Reprinted in Nigerian Dialogue, n.1, 24-35. Superseded by last chapter of (1997) Early Islam.
  19. (1971) Talk at Ahmadiyya Mosque, Odo-Ona, Ibadan, (re-edited in 2010). Delivered in English and translated into Yoruba by the then novice, Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P.
  20. (1971) Usman Dan Fodiye's Elements of religion (كتاب أصول الدين) - Bodija Bulletin n.6 (1971), 24-26
  21. (1971-72) Towards better understanding of Muslims and Christians. Nigerian Journal of Islam, Vol. 2, N. 1, 51-54.
  22. (1972) A retreat for Muslims, prepared after an invitation to conduct one. Re-edited 2010.
  23. (1973) Islam - History and present tendencies. Omnis Terra (Rome), n. 53, 314-326. Reprinted in (1974) Encounter (Rome), N. 6.
  24. (1973) Remarks on Dominican liturgy, published in Forum, Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great.
  25. (1973) Who is Israel? A Christian asks, covering New Testament texts, Vatican II, and the social reality.
  26. (1973) Islamic society, a summary of the positions of classical works by al-Māwardī and aṭ-Ṭurṭūshi.
  27. (1974) & Tapiero, E. & Fitzgerald, M.L. & The pillars of Islam. Encounter, N.3, 1-13. Superseded by (1998) Basic Practices of Islam and Christianity.
  28. (1974) Sunayen Yesu guda ɗari da ɗaya, a Hausa version of the 1994 publication, Powerful titles of Jesus in the Bible.
  29. (1974) Guide to Carmelite literature on spiritual growth
  30. (1975) Hausa poetic meters, a study of several collections of published Hausa poems.
  31. (1975) Charles de Foucauld, Retreat at Ephraim, translated from French (Città Nuova Editrice, 1974)
  32. (1975) Twenty-five years in Nigeria, a special issue of Dominican Life, 20:1. Incorporated in chapters of (2001) The Province of St. Joseph the Worker (Nigeria and Ghana) 1951-2001: Dominicans at 50.
  33. (1976) Moral Principles A digest of Summa Theologiae I-II, with interface with current theories, for students.
  34. (1976) Hausa Prefaces and Eucharistic Prayers, draft for the Hausa Translation Committee for the northern dioceses of Nigeria, in collaboration with Musa Danjuma.
  35. (1977) The dignity of man vis-a-vis the religions. Nigerian Dialogue, N. 2, 59-60.
  36. (1977) Judaeo-Christianity in the background of Islam. Nigerian Dialogue, N. 2, 55-57. Incorporated in (1997) Early Islam.
  37. (1977) The Church and Islam in Nigeria A review of the national campaign for Sharî`a.
  38. (1977) The formation of Dominicans in a Muslim environment: Ibadan Presented at Journées Romaines Dominicaines, 1977.
  39. (1977) Oyelade, E.O. & Changes in Christian-Muslim relations since Independence. Nigerian Dialogue, n.2, 6-10.
  40. (1978) Revelation: Muslim and Christian positions compared  A brief survey of the main differences.
  41. (1979) Christian-Muslim relations in Nigeria. Islamochristiana (Rome), N.5, 171-192.
  42. (1980 Original sin and original grace. In L.J. Muñoz, Lenten Lectures. University of Ibadan: Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Catholic Chapel, 49-58.
  43. (1980) Nigeria: three significant events for Muslim-Christian relations. Islamochristiana, vol. 6, 238-239.
  44. (1980) The Deuterocanonical portion of the Hausa Bible, Littafi Mai Tsarki. London. The United Bible Society. (Translators' names do not appear in the book, but I have a letter of attestation for the exact section of the Bible for which I am responsible.) See my website, under "Christian Studies", "Hausa Bible" for individual books.
  45. (1980) & Mala, S.B. Muslim use of Christian Scriptures. West African Religions, Vols. 2-3, 31-41.
  46. (1981) A seventeenth century Belgian visitor to Agadez and the North of Nigeria: Pieter Farde. Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, 10:4, 73-89. Incorporated in (2001) The Catholic Church in Nigeria, 1486-1850, a documentary history.
  47. (1982) Christians and Muslims in Nigeria. A case of competitive sharing. Nigerian Dialogue, N. 4, 5-8.
  48. (1982) Islamic Sufism: Experience and organization. Nigerian Dialogue, N.4, 11-16.
  49. (1982) The relevance of theology to the ordinary life of Muslims in Nigeria. Orita, 14:2, 154-159.
  50. (1983) Maliki law and the Risâla of Ibn-Abî-Zayd al-Qayrawânî. Hamdard Islamicus (Karachi), 6:3, 63-71. Incorporated in (1992) The Risâla of Ibn-abî-Zayd al-Qayrawânî, an annotated translation.
  51. (1983) The Catholic Church in Tropical Africa 1445-1850. Ibadan & Lagos. University of Ibadan Publishing House & Dominican Publications.
  52. (1983) Religion and government: the case of Islam, for a symposium at SS. Peter & Paul Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan, 1 December 1983.
  53. (1984) The ethics of war and peace emerging from the Sîra of Ibn-Ishâq.
  54. (1984) Shari'a in Nigeria. Bulletin on Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (Birmingham), 4:1, 1-21. and the French: (1986) La Shari'a au Nigeria: Aperu historique, Bulletin - L'Islam et les relations islamo-chretiennes en Afrique, 4:1, 1-22. Written for Consultation of the Christian Councils in West Africa on Christian-Muslim Relations, Monrovia, 25-28 November 1984, in partial proceedings edited by N. Idarous, pp. 71-76. "The Shari'a question in Nigeria: A historical survey," Ch. 11 in E. Ikenga Metuh (ed.), The gods in retreat: Continuity and change in African religion (Enugu. Fourth Dimension Publishers, 1986), 245-256. Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa, Christianity and Islam in dialogue (Cape Coast, 1987), pp. 30-37 (followed by my "Sharî`a: Implications for the Church in West Africa", pp. 37-50). In C.S. Momoh (ed.), Religions & their doctrines, vol. 1 of Nigerian Studies in Religious Tolerance (Lagos: Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization, & National Association for Religious Tolerance, 1989), 337-345. Incorporated in (1996) Sharî`a and Christianity in Nigeria: Islam and a 'secular' state, Part I: Sharî`a and Islamic revival in Nigeria.
  55. (1984) Religious movements in Nigeria, divisive or cohesive? Some interpretative models. Orita, 16:2, 111-128.
  56. (1985) Christian-Muslim relations in Nigeria. Ch. 7 in R.W. Rousseau (ed.), Christianity and Islam: The struggling dialogue. Scranton, PA. Ridge Row Press. This is a reprint of (1979) Christian-Muslim relations in Nigeria.
  57. (1985) Islam, a social and political force in Nigeria today A survey of trends in Islam up to this time.
  58. (1986) The O.I.C. in Nigeria: the press debate. Shalom (Oraifite), 4:3, 130-150. Incorporated in (1996) Sharî`a and Christianity in Nigeria: Islam and a 'secular' state. Part II: Islamic revival in confrontation with Christians.
  59. (1986) & Mala, S.B. Designing courses on dialogue. Orita, 18:2, 103-106.
  60. (1987) Islamic monotheism: Principles and consequences, in Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa, Christianity and Islam in dialogue. Cape Coast, 139-149. (authorship identified in letter)
  61. (1987) Salvation in the Qur'ân A note on the passages using derivatives of نجا.
  62. (1987) Arab aid and influence in tropical Africa, in Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa, Christianity and Islam in dialogue. Cape Coast, 77-83. (authorship identified in letter)
  63. (1987) Philosophy and theology: Pluralist or universal? for a symposium, 3 April 1987, at SS. Peter & Paul Seminary, Ibadan.
  64. (1987) Pastoral aspects of relations with Muslims. Written for Consultation of the Christian Councils in West Africa on Christian-Muslim Relations, Monrovia, 25-28 November 1984 Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa, Christianity and Islam in dialogue (Cape Coast, 1987), pp. 185-8.
  65. (1987) The economic dimension of Islam in West African history, in Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa, Christianity and Islam in dialogue. Cape Coast, 84-90. (authorship identified in letter)
  66. (1988) Pornography, a Muslim-Christian comparative perspective. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Pornography, organized by the Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan; and D.C.E. Ugwuigbu (ed), Youth and pornography. Lagos: Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, 1989, 47-60 (omits appendices that are in Proceedings)
  67. (1988) L'Eglise et l'Islam en Afrique de l'ouest au XXe siecle (avec une référence particulière au Nigeria), in G. Ruggieri (ed.), Eglise et Histoire de l'Eglise en Afrique. Paris. Beauchesne, 189-215. English: The Church and Islam in West Africa in the 20th Century (with particular reference to Nigeria), presented at 1988 Bologna conference sponsored by Istituto per le scienze religiose and L'Ecole française de Rome.
  68. (1988) Mary and Islam. Proceedings of Symposium organized by the Inter-diocesan Liturgy Commission for Igbo-speaking Areas of Nigeria, 21-22 July 1988. Printed in The Leader, 14 August 1988 (p. 6) & 28 August 1988 (p. 5). Incorporated in (2000) Jesus and Mary in Islam, a Christian look.
  69. (1988) Sacrifice: Philosophical, theological and comparative probes. Orita, 20:2, 127-137.
  70. (1989) The Church and charism, Graduation address.
  71. (1989) Dominicans and Muslims in Nigeria A report sent to the Journées Romaines Dominicaines, September 1989.
  72. (1989) Dominican Mission today, for O.P.inion, Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great.
  73. (1989) Aux sources des mouvements radicaux dans l'Islam, in Cahiers des Religions Africaines: Kinshasa, Centre d'Etudes des Religions Africaines, 23, n. 45-46, 135-140.
  74. (1989) Meeting in faith, hope and love, Akede Igbagbo, 2, 24-26. - originally given to the National Conference of Sisters.
  75. (199?) Islamic studies programmes and literature review. For AECAWA & PROCMURA, published in Procmura, 5:? -elaborated for web.
  76. (1990) & Paul Oye and Segun Taiwo, Church contexualization in Nigeria, 1970-1990. Paper given at seminar of the Inter-Religious Dialogue Commission of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa.
  77. (1990) Early evangelization of Benin. Bodija Journal, n. 2, 71-75.
  78. (1990) The Small Catechism, متن العقيدة الصغرى of Muhammad ibn-Yûsuf as-Sanûsî (d. 1490), translated and annotated. Hamdard Islamicus, 13:4, 49-64.
  79. (1990) The sources of radical movements in Islam. Skepticos, n. 1, 19-22 (translation of 1989, Aux sources des mouvements radicaux dans l'Islam).
  80. (1990) Le recherche de Dieu parmi les musulmans. A short note on Sufism done in Kinshasa.
  81. (1990) with Paul Oye and Segun Taiwo, Church contextualization in Africa, paper given at AECAWA seminar, Ikeja, Lagos
  82. (1991) La foi chretienne en dialogue avec l'Islam. Quelle Eglise pour l'Afrique du troisième millenaire? Actes du XVIIIe Semaine Théologique de Kinshasa (Kinshasa. Les Facultés Catholiques), 165-184.
  83. (1991) Islam and Christology, delivered at the 5th National Conference of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria (CATHAN), April 1990. Nigerian Journal of Theology, 1:6 (May), 28-49. Incorporated in (2000) Jesus and Mary in Islam, a Christian look.
  84. (1991) Alien but part of us: the Muslim world Sunday Visitor.
  85. (1991) Medicine in Islam, in Frank Salamone (ed.), Art and culture of Nigeria and the diaspora, pp. 159-168: New York. Studies in Third World Society, Publication #46. ISSN 1056-9189.
  86. (1992?) Chrétiens en dialogue avec les musulmans. Colombe (Kinshasa, exact issue?)
  87. (1992) Jesus' Church, an address for Church unity day, 23 January 1992, at Immanuel College, Ibadan.
  88. (1992) Muhammad and the rise of Islam, a critical presentation of the background and major Muslim sources. Ibadan. Superseded by (1997) Early Islam.
  89. (1992) The Risâla of Ibn-abî-Zayd al-Qayrawânî, an annotated translation. Minna. Islamic Education Trust.
  90. (1992) The challenge of Islam in Nigeria. West African Journal of Ecclesial Studies, 4, 46-58 incorporates an "The dynamism of Islam in West Africa" (for AECAWA, 1992) with an earlier talk to the Ibadan North deanery.
  91. (1992) Religious freedom: the basis of dialogue. Encounter, Documents for Muslim-Christian understanding (Rome), n.181-182 (January-February). First given at a Conference at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, in Dec. 1989. Superceded by (1999) Views on Christian-Muslim relations.
  92. (1992) The dynamism of Islam in West Africa for AECAWA Study Session 1992.
  93. (1993 to 1998) Among Muslims, Independent (an Ibadan Archdiocesan newspaper), a regular column, in which 193 of my articles have appeared (most in this link).
  94. (1993) The Sokoto jihâd: implications of Oyo's economic structure. Ife Journal of History, 1:1, 1-20, incorporated in The spread of Islam (2000). Incorporated in (2000) The spread of Islam through North to West Africa 7th to 19th centuries, a historical survey with relevant Arab documents.
  95. (1993) Communing with the saints.
  96. (1993) Islamic law concerning women, a note prepared on a request.
  97. (1994) Islam and politics in Nigeria: the aborted Third Republic The religious dimension of the Abiola election.
  98. (1994) Le pouvoir et l'attraction de l'Islam - a talk in Kinshasa.
  99. (1994) Sanûsî, Muhammad ibn-Yûsuf. Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed.: Leiden, E.J. Brill. Commissioned, accepted and paid for, but not used.
  100. (1994) The power and attraction of Islam - English version of the same.
  101. (1994) Oyo. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed.: Leiden. E.J. Brill.
  102. (1994) Powerful titles of Jesus in the Bible. Lagos. Dominican Publications.
  103. (1994) La philosophie du monde arabe. Kinshasa. Les Facultés Catholiques. Superseded by (2000) La philosophie du monde musulmane, auteurs et thèmes principaux.
  104. (1995) Daily Psalms and Canticles Lagos: Dominican Publications. New translation based on text established by M. Dahood. Revision ready for publication.
  105. (1995) The spiritualist heresy. Skepticos, 1:5, 42-43.
  106. (1995) The significance of the Resurrection, The Hope, 1:1 (1995), 6-7 (Anglican Cathedral Church of Our Saviour, Ijasi, Ijebu-Ode).
  107. (1996) Christmas. The hope (Cathedral Church of Our Saviour, Ijasi, Ijebu-Ode), a comparison of N.T. and Qur'ân texts.
  108. (1996) Reasons for the faith against Muslim objections (and one objection of the Greeks and Armenians) to the Cantor of Antioch, by Saint Thomas Aquinas. Islamochristiana (Rome), vol. 22, 31-52.
  109. (1996) The significance of the Resurrection. The hope (Cathedral Church of Our Saviour, Ijasi, Ijebu-Ode), 1:1, 6-7.
  110. (1996) Al-Fârâbî and the contingency argument for God's existence: a study of Risâla Zaynûn al-kabîr al-yûnânî Orita 28, 50-69.
  111. (1996) Sharî`a and Christianity in Nigeria: Islam and a 'secular' state. Journal of Religion in Africa, 26:4, 338-364. An abridgement of paper delivered at Yale 1992. Full text: Part I: Sharî`a and Islamic revival in Nigeria. Part II: Islamic revival in confrontation with Christians.
  112. (1997) Comparative concepts in the Bible and the Qur'ân. Lagos: Dominican Publications.
  113. (1997) The Holy Spirit: what He can mean to Muslims - given at meeting of Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria, Enugu, 22 October 1997.
  114. (1997) The Islamic solution to the problem of Nigeria in distress, a critique of the Islamic perspective. Glory Magazine, 10:1, 13. (the editor messed up the title)
  115. (1997) Peace among people of different religions - talk to the Centre for Applied Religion and Society (CEFDARS), Ibadan (directed by Dr. A.O.S. Ogbeide), a branch of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), based in Holland, on the occasion of peace awards at Parliament House on 9-11-96; core of it printed in Nassorine (Religious Studies students magazine) 1:1, 1-2.
  116. (1997) Early Islam. Lagos: Dominican Publications. A revision and amplification of Muhammad and the rise of Islam (1992).
  117. (1997) Theological themes common to Islam and Christianity. Lagos: Dominican Publications.
  118. (1997) A comparative perspective of Bio-ethics: Catholic, Protestant, Muslim views, UCH, Ibadan, 18 February 1997 (with the help of Benedict Faneye, O.P.).
  119. (1997) Islamic ethics: What the Qur'ân says. Lagos: Dominican Publications, 12 pp.
  120. (1998) A bee-keeping scrapbook, Nigerian Field, 63:85-88.
  121. (1998) Basic practices of religion in Nigeria, Part 2: Christianity. Lagos: Dominican Publications.
  122. (1998) Basic practices of religion in Nigeria, Part 1: Islam. Lagos: Dominican Publications.
  123. (1998) Ibn-Sînâ on the human soul, in Notes and observations on natural science, Book II, Section 5. Orita, 29, 68-98.
  124. (1998) The human intellect: Journey of an idea from Aristotle to Ibn-Rushd. Orita, 30.
  125. (1998) Saints and sinners among early Dominicans, Gerald de Frachet's Vitas Fratrum - awaiting Simon Tugwell's critical edition of the original Latin, so as to revise the translation.
  126. (1999) God the Father - written for Glory 1999, sent to Independent.
  127. (1999) Facing ethnicity and religion: a concern in Nigerian education. Chapter 5, pp. 49-56, in E.E. Uwazie, I.O. Albert & G.N. Uzoigwe, Inter-ethnic and religious conflict resolution in Nigeria. Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford: Lexington Books. Originally paper for NISER workshop, February 1997, and printed as (1997) Teaching ethnicity and religion in Nigeria. The Insight (Claretians, Enugu), 14:1, 20-23.
  128. (1999) (spurious) Letter of Thomas Aquinas to Brother John on how to study, a translation of this brief note of advice. Published in Christian History, n. 73 (Winter 2002).
  129. (1999) Thomas Aquinas and Islam, a bibliography.
  130. (1999) Thomas Aquinas, Islam and the Arab philosophers — an outgrowth of "Saint Thomas et l'Islam," paper sent to Colloque international: Les Dominicains et le monde musulman, Aix-en-Provence, 8-10 avril 1999 (Association pour l'Histoire de l'Ordre de Saint Dominique en Europe).
  131. (1999) Philosophy of nature for course at Dominican Institute, Ibadan.
  132. (1999) Dialogue, the solution or the problem? (written in Cairo 1999, in ref. to art. by M. Talbi).
  133. (1999) Views on Christian-Muslim relations. Lagos: Dominican Publications.
  134. (1999) Christian-Islamic preambles of faith; an exercise in philosophy of religion or kalâm for our day, modeled after the Summa Contra Gentiles, Books I-III of Thomas Aquinas. Washington D.C., The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. ISBN 1-56518-138-7. 198pp. Internet: http://www.crvp.org.
    Arabic version: خلاصة الكلام لجميع الآنام.
  135. (1999) Saint Thomas, eschatology and virtual reality.
  136. (1999-2000) Wisdom words of Thomas Aquinas, Independent column.(1999) Sacred Doctrine, a note summarizing Question 1 of the Summa theologiae and the issues it raises. For the Companions in Christ program of the Walter Farrell Institute, directed by Mike Dempkovich, O.P.
  137. (2000) Religious & ethical issues in medical research, Discussion notes for workshop at U.C.H., Ibadan.
  138. (2000) The push for Sharî`a A talk on the Muslim programme, "Trends and Perspectives", M.I.T.V. Lagos, aired 20 August 2000.
  139. (2000) Jesus and Mary in Islam, a Christian look. Lagos: Dominican Publications (reprint of "Islamic Christology, a Christian evaluation" (1991) and "Mary as Muslims know her" (1988).
  140. (2000) The Muqaddima, an introductory summary of kalâm (متن المقدمة). Hamdard Islamicus, 23:2 (April-June 2000), 31-40.
  141. (2000) La philosophie du monde musulmane, auteurs et thèmes principaux. Kinshasa: Dominican Publications.
  142. (2000) (with Michel Cuypers) Rhtetorical structure in the Qur'ân, Orita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies, 32, pp. 1-19.
  143. (2000) The spread of Islam through North to West Africa 7th to 19th centuries, a historical survey with relevant Arab documents. Lagos: Dominican Publications.
  144. (2000) Christianity, Islam and the social order. Paper for National Inter-Faith Conference, U.I., 24 June 2000. Is development of "Sharî`a and Christianity", paper given at symposium organized by the Christian Fathers, St. Dominic's, Yaba, 17-6-20.
  145. (2000) Qur'ân and Hadîth studies: Scholarship in early Islam.
  146. (2000) Theological themes common to Islam and Christianity: Part 2, Christian themes. Lagos: Dominican Publications, 56 pp.
  147. (2000) The chronology of the works of Ibn-Rushd. Arabic version of the same: توقيت مؤلفات ابن رشد.
  148. (2000) Bibliography of al-Kindî, Qustâ ibn-Lûqâ, Ishâq ibn-Hunayn, Muhammad ar-Râzî, al-Fârâbî, Ibn-Masarra, Miskawayh, Ibn-Sînâ, Ibn-Gabirol, Ibn-Bajja, Ibn-Tufayl, Ibn-Rushd, M.b.M. Ibn-Rushd, Moshe ben Maimon.
  149. (2000) West Africa & Islam: A little Encyclopaedia of history, beliefs, practices & Christian attitudes. Accra: AECAWA.
  150. (2000) The Church and truth. Address at Baccalaureate Service, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, 28 May 2000.
  151. (2000) Reconciliation for Nigeria. Delivered at monthly forum of Catholic Secretariat, Lagos, 14 May 2000.
  152. (2001) So Tomé and ancient Congo, translated as "So Tomé et l'ancien Congo", in Philippe Denis, Histoire des Dominicains en Afrique. Paris: Cerf.
  153. (2001) Chapters 9, 10, 16-27, on the history of the Dominicans in Nigeria, in The Province of St. Joseph the Worker (Nigeria and Ghana) 1951-2001: Dominicans at 50 (Yaba, Lagos: St. Dominic's Catholic Church).
  154. (2001) Material from The Catholic Church in Tropical Africa 1445-1850, translated as "Le Nigeria et le Ghana", in Philippe Denis, Histoire des Dominicains en Afrique. Paris: Cerf.
  155. (2001) Life in the Holy Spirit and spiritual faithfulness Talk at Cherubim & Seraphim College of Divinity, Ayo Ni Campus, Lagos, 3 Nov 2001.
  156. (2001) Rapport with Muslims - Talk to the laity of Ijebu-Ode diocese, at Diocesan Inter-religious Dialogue Commission seminar, 25 August 2001.
  157. (2001) The spread of Islam in Nigeria: a historical survey, Paper given at Conference on Sharî`a in Nigeria, Spiritan Institute of Theology, Enugu, 22-24 March 2001.
  158. (2001) Setting the tone of our religious communities, a talk given at a Muslim seminar at Premier Hotel, Ibadan, sponsored by the Caring and Sharing Muslim Centre, Ibadan, 16 June 2001.
  159. (2001) The Catholic Church in Nigeria, 1486-1850, a documentary history original documents with translations.
  160. (2002) Christmas Editorial.
  161. (2002) Sharî`a on State level Comments in response to some Muslim reactions to the Federal Attorney General's calling State Sharî`a courts unconstitutional.
  162. (2002) The Church, a light to the nations, chapter in Deji Ayegboyin, Rediscovering and Fostering Unity in the Body of Christ: The Nigerian Experience, Ibadan: Sceptre Prints.
  163. (2002) St. Albert the Great's Commentary on the Psalms. Introduction and Psalms 1-5, 8, 23, 45, 51, 58, 72, 76, 110, 118, 130-133, 136-138, 140, 142-150 (Heb. numeration).
  164. (2002) Islam: authentic or fanatical? A paper given at the Colloquium on Violence and Religion, 8 June 2002, at Purdue University.
  165. (2002) Ibn-Masarra: His Risâla al-i`tibâr. Orita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies, 34:1-26.
  166. (2003) فلسفة العالم الإسلامي الفلاسفة وأهم مواضيع كتابتهم. A much expanded Arabic version of the published book, Philosophy of the Muslim World, Authors and principal themes.
  167. (2003) Sûras 113 & 114: commented by Ibn-Sînâ, translated and annotated. Orita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies, 35, 1-16.
  168. (2003) Zaburai da sauran wakoki don addu'ar kowace rana [Daily Psalms and Canticles in Hausa, arranged according to the Liturgy of the Hours], translated together with Musa Dan Juma (the same who translated with me the Deuterocanonical books of the Bible published by the Bible Society). The Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna.
  169. (2003) Philosophy of the Muslim world, authors and principal themes, The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (Washington, D.C.).
  170. (2003) Guidelines for inter-religious dialogue (with Frédéric Ntedika Mvumbi, O.P.), Training for dialogue. Inter-religious Dialogue Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria, Regional Seminar, Agbarho, 27-30 May 2003, 53-65.
  171. (2003) Islam and violence from a Girardian perspective. Proceedings of the IRDC-AECAWA Study Session on "Religion, violence and peace in West Africa," Accra, 2002 (forthcoming in proceedings).
  172. (2003) Preaching to a Muslim or mixed audience, Preaching in contemporary Nigeria, edited by Joseph Kenny, O.P. Ibadan: The Michael J. Dempsey Centre for Religious and Social Research, Dominican Institute, 2003, 115-118.
  173. (2004) Dominican Liturgy: original chants and texts for today. In original languages, Psalms in chiastic format, with links to English, Chant from the Dominican Poissy Antiphonary (c. 1340), most of which has never been published; click the chant or button to hear it.
  174. (2004) Forty years of interreligious dialogue in Nigeria: Personal reminiscences, in Anthony Akinwale & Francis Ogunmodede (ed.), All that they had to live on. Essays in honour of Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Msgr. John Aniagwu, pp. 184-191. Reprinted in David Ogungbile and Akintunde Akinade, Creativity and Change in Nigerian Christianity (Lagos/ Oxford: Malthouse Press/ African Books Collective, 2010) pp. 303-308.
  175. (2004) Tradition and compromises, Essays on the challenge of Pentecostalism. The Michael J. Dempsey Center for Religious and Social Research, Dominican Institute, Ibadan. Edited by Anthony Akinwale, O.P. and Joseph Kenny, O.P.
  176. (2004) Authority in Pentecostalism: Comparative theological perspectives, in Tradition and compromises, Essays on the Challenge of Pentecostalism, ed. Anthony Akinwale, O.P. and Joseph Kenny, O.P. The Michael J. Dempsey Center for Religious and Social Research, Dominican Institute, Ibadan.
  177. (2004) Sûra 112, الإخلاص, commented by Ibn-Sînâ, text, translation and annotations.
  178. (2004) Government & Sharî`a in Nigeria, Response to paper of Ruud Peters: "The enforcement of God's law: Sharia in the present world of Islam," at Conference on Comparative Perspectives on Sharia in Nigeria, The University of Jos, Faculty of Law and Department of Religious Studies, 15-17 January 2004. Published in Philip Ostien, Jamila Nasir and Franz Kogelman (eds.), Comparative Perspectives on Shari’ah in Nigeria, Ibadan: Spectrum Books Limited, 2004.
  179. (2004) The role of religion in the moral life of Nigerians, given at First Annual Round Table Conference on Cultural Orientation National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Conference Banquet Hall, National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, 8 September 2004.
  180. (2005) African cultural heritage and ethics, given at Seminar on Bioethics, History of Surgery and Medical Law, Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan.
  181. (2005) A philosophical prayer: رسالة في الدعاء by Ibn-Sînâ text, translation and annotations. Published in Orita, 37 (2005), 1-10.
  182. (2005) African culture and medical ethics for Health-Related Biotechnology in Africa: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Transfer and Development, An International Workshop/Symposium sponsored by World Health Organization NICEF/UNDP/WORLD BANK/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, in collaboration with West African Biotechnology Workshops Series (WABWS) West African Bioethics Program and the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria: 4-6 April 2005. Published in African Journal of Medicine and medical sciences, vol. 36, supplement 2007, 39-42.
  183. (2006) Salvation of non-Christians, specifically Muslims, an expansion and revision of chapter 1 of Views of Christian-Muslim relations (1999).
  184. (2006) The anatomy of violence, for conference "Islam, terrorism and African development," University of Ibadan, 8 Feb. 2006, published in Afis Oladosu (ed.), Islam in Contemporary Africa: On Violence, Terrorism and Development, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  185. (2007) A collection of English translations of Thomas Aquinas, including all works that have ever been translated.
  186. (2007) Politics, violence and good governance
  187. (2008) Faith and reason in Islam: Philosophical and comparative perspectives. For seminar on Faith and Reason in Islam, Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington DC, to be published in a book of the Council's series.
  188. (2008) The idea of an African university, edited by Joseph Kenny, O.P., with first chapter, "Lessons of World History of the University for Nigeria today. Washington, D.C.: Council for Values and Philosophy. ISBN 978-1-56518-230-1(paper). 2008.
  189. (2008) Accusations against Muslims: how to assess and handle them, for the seminar "Prejudices and stereotypes against Muslims and Christians", organized by the Office of Justice, Development and Peace, Archdiocese of Ibadan, and the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan, 3 December 2008.
  190. (2008) The book of Tobit, an inter-linear edition of the Greek, Aramaic, Hebrew and Dead Sea scrolls.
  191. (2008) The book of Sirach, an inter-linear edition of the Greek and Hebrew.
  192. (2008) Clé du dialogue avec nos frères musulmanes, with preface by Cardinal Frédéric Etsou. Kinshasa: Dominican Publications.
  193. (2008) Humanities and the sciences, for the University of Ibadan, Faculty of Arts Conference "The Humanities and social transformation in Africa," 3-4 December 2008.
  194. (2008) Interview by Sam Nwaoko. Nigerian Tribune, Monday 5 January, 2009. Reprinted in Orita, Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies, 40:2 (December 2008), 1-10.
  195. (2009) Aṭ-Ṭurṭûshî; on the treatment of the tolerated classes (ahl adh-dhimma). A translation of chapter 51 of Sirâj al-mulûk (Torchlight for kings), by at-Turtûshi (d. 1126), Cairo: al-Mahmûdiyya Press, 1935, pp. 252-258
  196. (2009) Ibn-Sīnā on the inner senses, a contribution to Psychology, presented at the International Conference on Islamic Philosophy and the Challenges of the Present-Day World, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran 10-11 Nov. 2009, and Bu-Sina University, Hamadan, 12-13 Nov. 2009.
  197. (2009) Ibn-Sînâ and the origin of human life, in Islam, cultural transformation, and the re-emergence of falsafah. Studies honoring Professor George Francis McLean on his eightieth birthday, ed. Karim Douglas Crow. Tehran: Iranian Institute of Philosophy, pp. 1-15.
  198. (2010) Muslims query Christian beliefs, Patristic texts apt to address Muslim difficulties with the rational possibility of Christian beliefs.
  199. (2010) John, Greek text in chiastic format
  200. (2010) Luke, Greek text in chiastic format
  201. (2010) Mark, Greek text in chiastic format
  202. (2010) Matthew, Greek text in chiastic format
  203. (2010) Qur'ān: Glimpses of history and basic teachings, finishing a draft from 1982. Principal Qur'ānic texts on principal issues.
  204. (2010) Islam in Nigeria, through 50 years of Independence: أمير وعبده. Presented at Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Seminar "Know your Muslim neighbour", Abuja, 20 April 2010; first prepared for (postponed) conference on Islam in Nigeria through 50 years of Independence, University of Ibadan.
  205. (2010) Christian-Muslim relations in the two centuries following Muḥammad's appearance, for Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Seminar "Know your Muslim neighbour", Abuja, 20 April 2010.
  206. (2010) The Shorter Catechism: صغرة الصغرى A critical edition of the text by Muḥammad ibn-Yûsuf as-Sanûsî.
  207. (2010) Balanced Islamic education: al-Ghazālī's unfinished legacy. For Conference "Higher Edcucation and Peace Culture: Whither Africa?" The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, University of Lagos, in collaboration with CRVP, Washington D.C., 19 April 2010.
  208. (2010) The Scope of Logic... Benedict Ashley, Tehran: World Day of Philosophy, Nov 2010.
  209. (2011) Down-to-earth spirituality, in the preaching of Afis Oladosu. For CRVP Seminar on Islam, freedom and modernity, Notre Dame University, Beirut, 20 May 2011.
  210. (2011) Comments on Richard Khuri's Freedom, modernity and Islam. For CRVP Seminar on Islam, freedom and modernity, Notre Dame University, Beirut, 20 May 2011.
  211. (2011) Islamic banking: Furore versus agitation. Guardian, 17 August 2011.
  212. (2011) Freedom of conscience. Flos Carmeli, no. 10 (Ibadan: 2011), p. 8.
  213. (2011) Pre-natal consciousness, Awka 14 November 2011. For World Day of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, 14 November 2011.
  214. (2011) Philosophy, bridging arts and sciences. For Seminar: The Idea of a Nigerian University: A Follow-up, Monday, 21 November 2011, at The Dempsey Centre, Dominican Institute, Ibadan, under the auspices of the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP), Washington, D.C./ Beirut.
  215. (2011) Medieval precedents for attitudes towards genomics, Abuja 28-Nov-11. For International Conference on Ethics and Genomics Research in Africa (EAGER Africa), Abuja, 28-29 November 2011.
  216. (2012) Metaphysics, Let Thomas Aquinas teach it: A textbook
  217. (2012) Philosophy of Nature, Let Thomas Aquinas teach it: A textbook

    Reviews and other

  218. (1972) Studia Semitica, by E.I.J. Rosenthal, vol. 1 Jewish themes (review). Reviewed in Orita 6:1, 51-53.
  219. (1981) Islam and Christianity, a Muslim and a Christian in dialogue, by Badru D. Kateregga & David W. Shenk. Reviewed in Nigerian Christian, 15:2 (Feb.), 12.
  220. (1982) Islam and revolution, writings and declarations of Imam Khomeini. Reviewed in Orita, 14:2, 163-164.
  221. (1984) West African Christianity, by Lamin Sanneh. Reviewed in Orita, 16:1, 67-68.
  222. (1986) Muslim-Christian dialogue in Nigeria, by V. Chukwulozie. Reviewed in Orita, 18:2, 107-110.
  223. (1993 ff.) Funeral sermons, given at various occasions.
  224. (1998) Hail Orisha! A phenomenology of a West African Religion in the mid-nineteenth century, by Peter McKenzie (Brill 1997). Reviewed in The Nigerian Field, 63:159-165.
  225. (2002) Violence renounced: René Girard, Biblical studies and peacemaking, edited by Willard M. Swartley (Pandora Press, U.S.A., 2000). Reviewed in Orita 34, 149-150.
  226. (2003 to date) Ibadan University sermons, a collection of Sunday sermons delivered at the University parish, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom.
  227. (2003) The Negroland revisited: discovery and invention of the Sudanese Middle Ages, by Pekkia Masonen (The Finnish Academy of Science and Arts). Reviewed in Orita 35.
  228. (2010) Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa (AECAWA) Interreligious Dialogue Commission, Study sessions, I collected and edited papers for RECOWA website.
  229. (2010 ff.) Articles published in the Guardian (Nigeria)
  230. NF2012

Honours, memberships

A member of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), from 1956, presently of the Province of Nigeria. An ordained Catholic priest, from 1963. Editor of Orita, from June 1985 to December 1995. Member of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa (AECAWA) Commission for Inter-Religious Dialogue, 1986 to its dissolution in 2009. Member of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria Commission for Inter-Religious Dialogue, 1996 to present. Member, Nigerian Field Society.

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