Rev. Dr Austin Cooper omi AM
MA (CUA) PhD (Monash)
Senior FellowHead, Department of Church History
Department of Pastoral and General Studies
Rev. Dr Austin Cooper is Head of the Church History Department and a Senior Fellow of Catholic Theological College. He lectures in Church History and Christian Spirituality. He is a priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (omi).
The units he teaches include:
- CH100 The Church in Australia
- CH233/333 The Church in the Modern World
- CH319 John Henry Newman and the Church in the 19th Century
- CH336 Christian Pilgrimage
- CH419 John Henry Newman and the Church in the 19th Century
- CH436 Christian Pilgrimage
- DS111 Christian Spirituality A: Classical Spiritualities to the Middle Ages
- DS112 Christian Spirituality B: Modern Spiritualities
- DS223 The English Spiritual Tradition A: The Medieval Period
- DS224 The English Spiritual Tradition B: The Modern Period
He coordinates the units:
He also conducts the Saints and Scholars Study Tour (CH105/205/305 - CH106/206/306, or DS115/215/315 - DS116/216/316) and supervises postgraduate research.
Austin Cooper holds a Master of Arts from the Catholic University of America and a PhD from Monash University. He was the founding Master of Catholic Theological College (1972-1976), as well as serving in this position for two subsequent terms (1992-1994; 1998-2002). He has been President of the Melbourne College of Divinity (1975-1977) and Provincial of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (1976-1983). He has taught Reformation History and Christian Spirituality at Monash University, and English Spirituality at Trinity College in the University of Melbourne, and at the Centre for Christian Spirituality (Randwick, NSW).
His main academic interests are the Oxford Movement and the English tradition of spirituality. He has published works on Julian of Norwich and The Cloud of Unknowing and many articles on modern history and the history of English Spirituality.
In 2004 he was made a Member in the Order of Australia (AM) for services to theological education.
Email: acooper@ctc.edu.au
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