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Justin Henry

Bhagwan Padma Prabhu Endowed Assistant Professor

Contact

Email: jwhenry@usf.edu
Office: CPR 468B

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Bio

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 and his first book, Ravana's Kingdom: The Ramayana and Sri Lankan History from Below, was released by Oxford University Press in 2022. 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.