Mapping the Divine

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak with Jon D. Levenson, the Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard and one of the most influential scholars of Jewish theology and the Hebrew Bible. Our conversation explores core features of Judaism that are often misunderstood and its emphasis on covenant, law, and lived practice; the central role of interpretation in texts like the Hebrew B...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak with Dr. Joe Vukov, a philosopher at Loyola University Chicago whose work explores the intersection of technology, ethics, and the Catholic intellectual tradition. Our conversation examines what it means to remain human in an age increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. We discuss the relationship between faith and reason, the importance of philosop...

Send us Fan Mail Hi! Welcome back! In this episode I spoke with Professor John M. Thompson, a scholar of Buddhism, Asian religious thought, and comparative religion at Christopher Newport University. Together, we explored how Buddhist ideas challenge Western assumptions, why myth and ritual remain central to human meaning-making, and how religious traditions respond to suffering and violence. The...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Mapping the Divine! I'm Ria Wilson and honored to be joined by Professor Brian Stiltner! Professor Stiltner a Christian ethicist at Sacred Heart University and author of the forthcoming book Faith in Community: Practices that Strengthen Churches and Neighborhoods. Drawing on five years of research in six congregations, Professor Stiltner argues that churches h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Mapping the Divine, Father Vincent Druding reflects on his decision to enter the priesthood and offers an intellectual exploration of Catholic theology, faith, and the meaning of vocation.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I'm joined by Stanford College student, Felipe Jafet as he  discusses his evangelical upbringing, the legacy of the Catholic Church in Brazil, and new trends in Brazilian Christianity which are reshaping the nation’s religious identity.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. John Proios, professor of Greek philosophy at the University of Chicago. I took Professor Proios’s college course on the Philosophy of Life and Death this past summer, and I am honored now be interviewing him on Buddhist and Socratic, or rather Platonistic, ideologies, their similarities and effects on religion, their sociohistorical roles,...

Send us Fan Mail Mapping the Divine is a new project that seeks to study religious experience, history, and philosophy through multiple faith traditions. -- In this first episode, I’m honored to be joined by Sr. Mary Grace and Sr. Ann Immaculee, both members of the ‪Sisters of Life, a Roman Catholic community of women religious. In our conversation, we explore what inspired them to join the sister...