Dr. Wageeh Mikhail

Education

• Bachelor of Theology: The Evangelical (Presbyterian) Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt (1994).
• Master’s of Arts in Religion: Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2002).
• Master of Theology: Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan (2004).
• Doctor of Philosophy: The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, The United Kingdom (2013). Dissertation topic: “Ammār al-Baṣrī’s Kitāb al-Burhān: A Topical and Theological Analysis of Arab Christian Theology in the Ninth Century.”
(http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/4162/1/Mikhail13PhD.pdf).
• Inter-Religious Dialogue Fellowship: The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), Vienna, Austria (2019).

Work Experience

• Visiting lecturer at Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary in Amman, Jordan. (2004-2018).
• Lecturer at the Evangelical (Presbyterian) Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt. (2004-2000).
• Interim head librarian at the Evangelical (Presbyterian) Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt. (2004-2005)
• Full-time professor at The Evangelical (Presbyterian) Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt. (2005-2019).
• Interim director at The Center for Middle Eastern Christianity, The Evangelical (Presbyterian)
Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt. (2007-2013).
• Director at The Center for Middle Eastern Christianity, The Evangelical (Presbyterian)
Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt. (2013-2019).
• Engagement Director, ScholarLeaders International, (2019-present)

Publications: Arabic Books

Academic Research 2007; republished by Dar Manhal al-Hayat, Beirut, Lebanon in 2013.
English-Arabic Theological Dictionary, 2009/2013.
Inspiration: A Reformed Perspective, 2018.
The Lord’s Supper according to John Calvin, 2018.
May they Reason: Four 9
th Century Christian-Muslim Texts, 2019.
Islam: An Arab Christian Perspective, forthcoming.
ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī and Arab Theology, forthcoming.
Arab Christian Systematic Theology: A Reader, Dar Manhal al-Hayat, Beirut, Lebanon

forthcoming

Articles

“Zaghlul al-Najjār and the Interpretation of the Christian Scriptures.” al-Qāhira Newspaper, The Ministry of Culture of Egypt, 13 March 2006.
“Theology and Truth.” al-Qāhira Newspaper, The Ministry of Culture of Egypt, 4 December
2007.
“Arabic Christian Theology.” al-Shuruq Daily Newspaper, 24 May 2009. Papers:
“Arab Christian Theology in the Theological Discourse of the Church in the Middle East.” The Fourth International Conference of Manuscripts, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, May 2007.

“The Church in the Middle East: Challenges and Perspectives.” The Christian Reformed Church in North America Annual Conference, Grand Rapids: MI, June 2007.
“Theodore abū Qurah's Biography and History of Publication.” The Sixth International Conference of Manuscripts, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, May 2009.
“Doctrinal Continuity between Christianity and Islam: the Example of ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī and his Discussion on the Holy Trinity.” The Seventh International Conference of Manuscripts, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, May 2010.
“Fasting in the Christian Tradition.” Paper Presented at the Cultural Wheel in Zamalik, Cairo, 25 July 2012.
“Christian-Muslim Dialogue and the Arab Spring.” Minia University, Philosophy Department, May 2013.
“Religion and State: An Arab Christian Perspective.” Council of Dialogue, Synod of the Nile, Hilton, Alexandria, April 2014.
“ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī and the Christian Scripture.” IIIum Symposium Syro-Arabicum, Kaslik University, Lebanon, February 2015.
“Early Interactions between Christians and Muslims.” The Center for Middle Eastern Christianity, Cairo, 5 May 2015.
“Coptic Monasticism: A Protestant View.” The Center for Middle Eastern Christianity, Cairo, 5 April 2016.
“A Comparative Study betweenʿAmmār al-Baṣrī’s Kitāb al-Burhān’s Manuscripts.” The TwentyFifth Conference on Christian Arabic Theology, St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Cairo, February 2017.

Translations into Arabic

David Thomas, “Arab Christianity.” in The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity, ed. Ken Parry. Blackwell Publishing (2007): 1-22.
Sidney H, Griffith, “The Concept of al-Uqnum (Hypostasis) in ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī’s Apology for the Doctrine of the Trinity.” in Actes du premier Congrès International d'Etudes Arabes Chrétiennes: Goslar, September 1980.
-------- “ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī’s Kitāb al-Burhān: Christian Kalām in the first Abbasid Century.” in The Beginnings of Christian Theology in Arabic: Muslim-Christian Encounters in the Early Islamic Period. Aldershot, Hants, England Ashgate, 2002.

-------- The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque: Christians and Muslims in the World of Islam.
Princeton, N. J: Princeton University Press, 2008.
Edwin H. Palmer, The Five Points of Calvinism. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1996.
TV Interviews and Programs:
“Coptic Monasticism.” Sat-7 TV, 15 February 2007.
“Arab Christianity.” Sat-7 TV, 25 August 2011.
“Arab Spring and Eastern Christians” Sada al-Balad TV, 18 February 2012.
“Arab Christians and the Arab Spring,” Sat-7 TV, 27 April 2012.
“Bayt al-Ḥikmah” Sat-7 TV, September 2017-February 2018. (This is a 13-episode long program on Arab Christianity and its early conversation with Islam, prepared and presented by Wageeh Mikhail).
“Arab Christians and the Arab-Islamic Civilization” Al Kahera Wal Nas, 6, January 2021.

Courses Taught

1. Introduction to Islam
2. Introduction to Arab Christian Theology
3. Academic Research
4. The Theology of Theodore abū Qurrah (9th century Arab Christian theologian)
5. The Theology of ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī (9th century Arab Christian theologian)
6. Church History I
7. Reformed Theology