While it is possible and sometimes necessary in a pluralistic context to make human dignity claims apart from a particularistic theological grounding, this both weakens the force of such claims and cuts dignity off from its deepest roots. This presentation explores the theological roots of the concept of human dignity through an exploration of its foundations in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the New Testament. Hebrew Bible sources include a theology of creation and the image of God, God’s compassionate deliverance of Israel from slavery, covenantal-legal materials that protect human life, and the prophetic vision of a just wholeness (shalom) in the promised future. New Testament sources include the incarnation, death and resurrection of Jesus, the nature of his earthly ministry, and the nature of the life and witness of the early church related to the worth of the human person in Christ.