Emmanuel Gergis

Dr. Emmanuel Gergis is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Agora University and Agora Educational Group. He is Associate Professor of Dogmatics and Systematic Theology at Agora University and the Antiochian House of Studies. Prior to his academic career, he worked for two decades as Vice President of Technology and Chief Technology Officer in government and private sectors where he successfully led multi-million dollar projects.

After finishing his International Baccalaureate at the Mahindra United World College of India, he studied Business Administration at Concordia University. He holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Balamand in Lebanon. He also holds a Master of Letters degree from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Emmanuel completed his doctorate from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

He is an author, translator and lecturer on contemporary Patristic topics including Orthodox Systematic Theology, Theological Anthropology, Trinitarian Theology and Personhood, Theological realism and Coptic Christianity. Fields of Research and Interest: Historical theology (the history and significance of the doctrine of the Trinity; the theology of Miaphysite Christology); systematic theology (Orthodox dogmatics, especially the doctrine of God, the theology of creation, Coptic Orthodox Christology and theological anthropology); philosophy (unitary indigenous Coptic philosophy, theological realism, theology and time); Patristic studies (especially Origen, Cyril of Alexandria, Ephrem the Syrian and Jacob of Serug); theology of the Reformation (especially Thomas F. Torrance and Karl Barth).