Deep and exciting encounters between theology and the leading edges of scholarship in universities have never been so essential. In partnership with the Global Faculty Initiative, the Cross-Disciplinary Encounters with Theology series brings together global scholars from diverse academic disciplines in rounds of dialogue and response on key themes of the Christian faith, including justice and rights, created order, and the virtues. This first volume, Justice and Rights , brings world-renowned theologian Nicholas Wolterstorff into conversation with academics from across five continents in humanities, social sciences, law and public policy, medicine and physical sciences to explore the salience of justice and rights for the substance of their scholarship and academic practices. In compact briefs and notes that are quickly and easily read, the contributors skillfully engage with many of the most pressing issues of our time. The first series of its kind, these conversations empower disciplinary scholars to think theologically about their scholarship and academic life. Justice and Rights presents a global dialogue on the topic of Justice and Rights between Nicholas Wolterstorff and a wide range of scholars across disciplines, countries, and cultures. This is a unique and rich approach that broadens and enlivens the reader's engagement with an essential topic of our time. Janel Curry President, American Scientific Affiliation This book captivates. It begins a rich conversation that takes off from Wolterstorff's brilliant opening essay as eminent philosophers, theologians, and biblical scholars immediately join in. In sum, it is a tour de force, exciting and inspiring in every way. May these conversations long continue! Matthew Levering James N. Jr. and Mary D. Perry Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary, Illinois, USA Co-Editor, International Journal of Systematic Theology Co-Editor, Nova et Vetera With Nicholas Wolterstorff's profound insights at its core, this hugely stimulating and wide-ranging book weaves a dialogue between philosophy, theology, and a range of university disciplines. I am struck on the one hand how widely the concept of justice applies, and on the other hand how much more work there is left on the table for Christian scholars to explore. Highly recommended! Ard Louis Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, UK Co-Leader, Developing a Christian Mind, Oxford, UK If you seek inspiration about ways your own research relates to faith, or if you are searching for writings that will energize graduate students or early career scholars to integrate their faith and studies, then I enthusiastically recommend these creatively curated writings brought together in Justice and Rights, an all-too-rare academic volume crafted as an extended dialogue. Lorna Smith Professor of Chemistry and Tutorial Fellow at St. Hilda's College, University of Oxford, UK; Co-Convenor, Christians in Academia, Oxford Pastorate Justice and Rights takes the reader on a journey of discovery as eminent philosopher-theologian, Nicholas Wolterstorff, starts a conversation and yet finds his own mind changing and expanding as it proceeds. The different perspectives of the writers and the content all amply testify to the rich capacity of Christian faith to offer profound and healing perspectives on issues that go right to the heart of our life together across the world today. The Rt. Revd. Dr. Graham Tomlin Former Bishop of Kensington Director, Centre for Cultural Witness, UK This is the kind of robust and respectful interdisciplinary Christian scholarship that every scholar and student craves. The new Global Faculty Initiative, directed by Terry Halliday and Donald Hay, has created an essential network of Christian scholars from around the world, and has set the scholarly bar very high with this impressive inaugural volume of the Cross-Disciplinary Encounters with Theology series. John Witte, Jr. Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law, McDonald Distinguished Professor, Faculty Director, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University, Georgia, USA K. K. YEO is Kendall professor of New Testament at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and affiliate faculty in the department of Asian languages and cultures at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA. He has authored or edited more than forty books on the Bible and cultures in Chinese and English, including the Majority World Theology series (2020) and the Oxford Handbook of the Bible in China (2021). TERENCE C. HALLIDAY is a research professor emeritus at the American Bar Foundation and an honorary professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance (REGNET) at the Australian National University. He has published extensively on globalization of law, markets and politics with recent books in the Cambridge Studies in Law and Society. With Donald Hay, he co-founded the Global Faculty Initiative.