Junette Galagala-Nacion (BA, MDiv)
Thesis title: The Construction of Gentile Christian Identity from Paul to Justin Martyr
New Testament and Christian Origins
- School of Divinity
Contact details
PhD supervisors:
Qualifications
MDiv Biblical Studies (with honors), Asian Theological Seminary, Philippines
BA Journalism, University of the Philippines
Undergraduate teaching
University of Edinburgh
Tutor, Paul and His Letters (Level 8, Semester 2 2024-25)
Tutor, History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A (Level 8, Semester 1 2025-26)
Postgraduate teaching
Asian Theological Seminary (Philippines)
- Hermeneutics and Theological Reflection
- Biblical Greek
- New Testament
Current research interests
Junette investigates the rhetorical construction of gentile Christian identity from Paul to Justin Martyr (Romans, Ephesians, Acts, 1 Peter, Epistle of Barnabas and Justin’s Dialogue with Trypho). She studies how diverse texts produced by the early Christ movement took on elements of Jewish identity and appropriated these in constructing their identity as Jesus followers.Past research interests
Junette's research interests include narrative identity and Christian origins, Paul and his writings, contextual theology (Philippines), and women in the New Testament.Affiliated research centres
Current project grants
Langham PhD Scholarship, 2023-present
Scholar Leaders International Leader Studies, 2023-present
Past project grants
Biblical Field Studies in Turkey, Asia Minor Research Center, Antalya, Turkiye, June 2024
Invited speaker
British New Testament Society Conference
“Paul’s Myth of Gentile Inclusion in Romans and the Olive Tree Metaphor”
University of Manchester, 3 September 2025
Papers delivered
2025 British New Testament Society Conference
“Upholding the Gender Tension in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and 1 Corinthians 14:33-35: a Reading from Filipino Patriarchal-Egalitarian Dynamics”
University of Manchester, 2 September 2025
Scottish Universities in Theology, Religion and Biblical Studies Postgraduate Day Workshop
“Paul’s Myth of Gentile Inclusion in Romans and the Case of the Unwittingly Righteous Gentile”
University of Glasgow, 4 June 2025
Between Athens and Jerusalem: Classical Studies and Christian Origins in Dialogue
“Paul’s Myth of Gentile Inclusion”
University of Edinburgh, 24 April 2025
(Contributor) Pinoy Devotional: Ang Kapartner na Devo ng Ang Bible: Pinoy Version. (Pinoy Devotional: Companion to the Bible: Pinoy Version), Mandaluyong City, Philippines: OMF Literature, 2023.
“Romans 13 and the Limitations of Submission.” In Faith and Bayan: Evangelical Christian Engagement in the Philippine Context, edited by Lorenzo C. Bautista, Aldrin M. Peñamora, and Federico G. Villanueva, 49-76. Cumbria: Langham Global Library, 2022.