Michael T. Cooper, PhD

Michael T. Cooper is associate professor of Religion and Contemporary Culture and program director of the Master of Arts in Communication and Culture. He earned his BED from Texas A&M University, his MA from Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Mission, and his PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Before coming to Trinity, Dr. Cooper was a missionary in Central and Eastern Europe for thirteen years. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion and the Evangelical Missiological Society. He has contributed numerous articles and chapters dealing with Christian engagement of Western society and the revival of Pagan religions. His publications are in Missiology, Journal of Nature, Religion and Culture, Sacred Tribes Journal, Mission Studies, Global Missiology, Common Ground Journal, and Christian Education Journal, and he has presented academic papers to the Center for Studies on New Religions, Midwest American Academy of Religion, Evangelical Missiological Society, and Evangelical Ministries to New Religions. He is a research fellow of the Western Institute for Intercultural Studies and editor of Sacred Tribes Journal, as well as an academic advisor for the Lausanne Committee's Issue Group addressing new spiritualities in a postmodern world.