Dr Christopher Knauf is a Lecturer in Christian Spirituality at Catholic Theological College.

Chris has a professional background in pastoral ministry and educational leadership. He holds the Bachelor of Theology from the University of Auckland, Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) from Australian Catholic University, and the Graduate Certificate in Teaching Meditation, Master of Theology, and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Divinity.

The topic of Chris’s masters thesis was Wolfhart Pannenberg’s argument for the necessity of metaphysics for theology. His doctoral dissertation explored the problem of human agency in the realisation of union in Meister Eckhart. Specialising in Eckhart studies, Chris’s current research interests lie in: (1) mystical theology, both in its evolving historical expressions and in its potential to inform Christian spirituality in the contemporary situation; (2) the philosophical, theological, and linguistic underpinnings of a unitive awareness of divine being; and (3) the conceptual structure of metaphoric and symbolic language in religious and spiritual discourses.

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