Justin Henry earned his PhD in the History of Religions from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 2017, focusing on the traditions of South Asia. He has published on aspects of Sanskrit, Pali, Sinhala and Tamil literature in Sri Lanka and South India. His first book, Ravana's Kingdom: The Ramayana and Sri Lankan History from Below (OPU, 2023), was shortlisted for the "Best First Book in the History of Religions" prize by the American Academy of Religion for 2023. He is currently working on a general audience book on the "many Ramayanas" of Asia, as well as a monograph project on Jain, Hindu and Buddhist attitudes towards wealth acquisition, philanthropy, and business ethics, historically. He has taught courses on Buddhist and Jain Philosophy and Literature, Hinduism, The God Debate, Religion and Wealth, and New Religious Movements. As a Life Worth Living Fellow he is exited to expand his teaching in comparative religion by developing a syllabus for a graduate course on "Christian and Buddhist Ethics in the 21st Century."