Books & Scholarly Writing
A catalogue of my books in print, under contract, and forthcoming, together with scholarly articles and translations. Works are listed in reverse chronological order. Where a book is available for purchase, a link to the publisher or vendor is included beneath its description.
Books
The Ascent of the Spirit
An Annotated and Expanded Edition of Pope Shenouda III’s The Release of the Spirit
The first complete English translation of one of Pope Shenouda III’s major spiritual works, presented with a substantial scholarly apparatus. The volume includes over five hundred footnotes, Arabic-language introductions from each of the four historical editions, and an extended introduction situating the work within the twentieth-century Coptic theological landscape, with particular attention to the tradition’s engagement with theosis. With a Foreword by Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian.
The Book of the Holy Psalter
According to the Coptic Rite, Along with the Book of the Hours
The first English translation of the Coptic Psalter from the Bohairic, presented in its full liturgical setting as it is actually prayed in the Coptic Orthodox Church. The volume gathers the 151 psalms, the 24 odes, the canon of the Ajpia, and the canon of the Kathisma, together with appendices for the supporting material used in daily and festal prayer. It is intended as a practical and scholarly resource for readers who want the Psalter as the Coptic tradition has received and transmitted it.
Ordering details will be added upon release.
Holy Psalter
Golden Channels
Blessed Writings of St. Pope Kyrillos VI
An English translation of the blessed writings of St. Pope Kyrillos VI (1902–1971), one of the most venerated figures in modern Coptic spirituality. The volume brings his letters, prayers, and spiritual counsel into English, with a Foreword by Metropolitan Serapion and a Preface by Bishop Kyrillos.
The Coptic Hymnal
A Working Hymnal for Chanters and Parishes
A practical hymnal compiled from the repertoire of the Coptic Orthodox Church, arranged for use by chanters, choruses, and parish communities. The volume gathers the hymns of the Divine Liturgy, the Psalmody, and the feasts of the liturgical year in a single accessible edition.
Virginal Birth and Divine Manifestation
Book One (Nativity Feast) & Book Two (Epiphany Feast)
An English translation of a two-volume work by Fr. Athanasius al-Maqari on the Nativity and the Epiphany in the Coptic tradition, drawing on patristic, liturgical, and iconographic sources. The first volume treats the theology of the Virginal Birth; the second treats the Divine Manifestation as celebrated at Epiphany.
Articles & Chapters
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“Tree Trunks, Streams, and Veins: Rethinking How To Map Denominational History in Teaching Christianity”
In Progress
Several translations of patristic and liturgical texts from the Coptic and Arabic traditions are currently in progress, alongside continuing critical edition and manuscript work. Specific titles will be announced as they near completion. The dissertation on the Copto-Arabic Synaxarium, my central academic project at Claremont Graduate University, is also in progress.