Joseph C. Atkinson, PhD, is a leading expert in the theology of the domestic church. He is the author of The Biblical and Theological Foundations of the Family (The Catholic University of America Press, 2013) and founder of the Theology of the Family Project (theologyofthefamily.com). In 2007, EWTN produced a thirteen-part series with Dr. Atkinson entitled The Biblical Vision of Marriage and Family: The Domestic Church. Currently the Associate Professor of Sacred Scripture at the John Paul II Institute at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., Dr. Atkinson also serves as executive secretary of the Catholic Biblical Association. He and his wife have been married thirty-three years and have six children and one grandchild.