Robert Hunt

Professor of Christian Mission and Interreligious Relations

Robert A. Hunt
Email

roberth@smu.edu

Phone

214-768-1374

Education

Ph.D., University of Malaya, 1994; M.Div., ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú, 1982; B.A., University of Texas, 1977

Teaching Specialties

World Religions, Inter-religious dialogue, Islam, Mission Studies, Cultural Intelligence, Digitally Mediated Ministry, AI and Christian Ministry

Research Interests

Interfaith Dialogue, Contemporary Muslim Movements, Theology of Religions, Christian Identity in a Pluralistic World, World Christianity,  The Impact of AI on Christian Theology and Ministry

Selected Publications

:: All Brain and No Soul? Real Humanity in an AI Age, Wipf and Stock, 2025.

:: Muslim Faith and Values: A Guide for Christians, Wipf and Stock, 2019.

:: Handbook of Popular Spiritual Movements in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, ed. Michael Poon and John Roxborogh, consulting editors Loh I-to, Charles Farhadian, Robert Hunt, Daniel Wee. Center for the Study of Christianity in Asia, 2015.

:: The Gospel and the Nations: A Documentary History of Inculturation, Orbis Press, Spring, 2010.

:: "The Wider Ecumenism,” in The Logic of Evangelism, A Classic Revisited, ed Vaughn Baker,  Wipf and Stock. 2017.

:: "Our Journey in Multifaith Education,” Teaching in a Multifath World, ed. Eleazar Fernandez, Wipf and Stock, 2016.

:: "Public Missiology in an Age of Anxious Tribalism,” Missiology: An International Review, April 2016.

:: "Indigenous Senoi Christianity: A Preliminary Investigation” in Handbook of Popular Spiritual Movements in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, ed. Michael Poon and John Roxborogh, consulting editors Loh I-to, Charles Farhadian, Robert Hunt, Daniel Wee. Center for the Study of Christianity in Asia, 2015.

Professional Distinctions

Editor, American Society of Missiology Monograph Series
American Society of Missiology Executive Committee
Board of Experts, AI and Faith.org
Board of the International Social/Human Development Management Council (Philippines)
Board of Scholars of the Journal of Inter-religious Dialogue
Fellow of the Hunt Institute of Engineering and the Humanities
Senior Fellow, Global Inclusive Economic Society

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