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Joseph C. Atkinson

Associate Professor of Sacred Scripture

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B.A., English, Kings College

B.Ed., Acadia University

B.Th., McGill University

M.Div., Montreal Diocesan Theological College

S.T.L., S.T.D. Pontifical John Paul II Institute, Washington, D.C.

 

Dr. Atkinson's work has included foundational research in developing the Biblical and theological basis of the Domestic Church, an ancient idea which has achieved critical prominence since Vatican II. He teaches on the Biblical structure of marriage and the family, on hermeneutics and the role of symbol, on the Jewish background of the family, and on the nature and role of covenant. He has produced a 13-part series with EWTN on the Domestic Church and has authored numerous articles on Scriptural exegesis and the Biblical vision of the family including "Ratzinger's ‘Crisis in Biblical Interpretation': 20^th Anniversary Assessment," "Nuptiality as a Paradigmatic Structure of Biblical Revelation," and  "Paternity in Crisis: Biblical and Philosophical Roots of Fatherhood," and presented the research report, "Primordial Biblical Triptych: The Symbolic Structure of Water in the OT," at the Catholic Biblical Association.  His work also includes "The Revelation of Love in the Song of Songs" in The Way of Love (Ignatius Press) and "Family as Domestic Church: Developmental Trajectory, Legitimacy and Problems of Appropriation" (Theological Studies).

 

Associated Courses

JPI 967 - The Pauline Vision of Marriage and Family
JPI 568/768 - Revelation, Scripture, and the Nature of Exegesis
JPI 661/861 - Biblical Theology of Marriage and Family
JPI 715 - Covenantal Reality: Biblical Foundations
JPI 956 - Covenant, Nuptiality, and The Biblical Vision of Reality
JPI 816/946 - Domestic Church: Biblical Foundations