Education:
- Doctorate of Oriental Ecclesiastical Sciences (Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, Italy, 2007)
- Licentiate of Sacred Theology (Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, Italy, 2002)
- Baccalaureate of Sacred Theology (University of St Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL, 1999)
- Evaluation of BA degree according to American standards
(Northeastern University, Chicago, 1995) - Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration (University of Baghdad, 1991)
Tertiary teaching experience:
- Faculty Member of Nisibis Assyrian Theological College, Sydney College of Divinity (2020-)
- Adjunct Instructor at Benedictine University, Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies and Department of Languages and Literature, Lisle, IL – Middle Eastern Studies. (2016-)
- Adjunct Instructor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Faculty of the Oriental Ecclesiastical Sciences, Rome, Italy (2013-)
- Invited Lecturer, North Park University, Department of Biblical and Theological Studies (2015-2019)
- Adjunct Instructor at Benedictine University, Department of Languages and Literature, Lisle, Illinois – Middle Eastern Studies (2013-2016)
- Aramaic language Instructor at the Diocese of Chicago for the Assyrian Church of the East (2007-)
- Adjunct Instructor of Arabic language at North Park University, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Chicago (2012-2016)
- Co-Teaching of Arabic language at the Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago (2008-2012)
- Adjunct Instructor at Tbilisi State University, Department of Semitic Studies, Republic of Georgia (2009-2010)
Publications:
Books
- Toma, W. The Mystery of the Church. Austrian Studies of Liturgy and Sacramental Theology, Vienna, Austria (forthcoming).
Journal articles
- Toma, W. ‘The Doctrine of Apokatastasis in East Syriac Writers.’ Orientalia Christiana Periodica 90:3 (2024, forthcoming).
- Toma, W. ‘The Structure Commentary on the Rite of Marriage in the Assyrian Church of the East.’ Church of Beth Kokheh Journal 9 (2021).
- Toma, W. ‘Typology of Mary in the Writings of East Syrian Fathers.’ Church of Beth Kokheh Journal 5 (2017).
- Toma, W. ‘Sacramental Theology in the East-Syriac Tradition.’ Church of Beth Kokheh Journal 4 (2016).
Book chapters
- Toma, W. ‘L’amore Ct 5,2-8 dal punto divista cristiana.’ In: Amore e Passione. Collana Punti di Incontro. Padova: Edizioni Messaggero, 2019: 36-51.
- Toma, W. ‘Liturgy of the Church of the East.’ In: E. G. Farrugia (ed.). Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Christian East. Rome: Pontifical Oriental Institute, 2015: 428-432.
- Toma, W. ‘The Dialogue of the Assyrian Church with the Catholic Church.’ In: E. G. Farrugia (ed.). Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Christian East. Rome: Pontifical Oriental Institute, 2015: 620-625.
Academic undertakings:
- Transcription and proofreading of Christian Syriac and Arabic manuscripts under the direction of the “Middle Eastern Texts Initiative,” Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA (2001-2013)
- Member of Forum Syriacum, an international conference for scholars of the Syriac Tradition organized by Pro-Oriente, Vienna, Austria (2011-)
Ecclesiastical appointments:
- Pastor at St Sargis’ Parish of the Assyrian Church of the East, Chicago, IL (2009-)
- Member of the Commission on Inter-Church Relations and Educational Development (2008-)
- Theological seminars for pastors and deacons of the Assyrian Church of the East in the USA (2007-)
