Featured Article - Junia the Apostle: History and Future of Women in the Church
This paper aims to name a growing rift between belief and ethic in contemporary
American society. It suggests the concept of liturgy as ‘primary theology’ and a
liturgical anthropology as the solution to this rift. The paper picks up on voices from Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox
traditions to highlight an ecumenical approach in retrieving a Christian
worshiping anthropology. The piece sheds light on the identity of the individual
mentioned as Junia in Paul’s writings to the Romans. Numerous sources, spanning
from the Patristics to contemporary academia, shed further insight into her life and
character. The more significant question for our times becomes why Junia is less well-known and how she exemplifies a
change (though slow) in the Roman Catholic Church.
