Wesley Wildman

Who is Wesley Wildman?

Wesley Wildman is a contemporary Australian-American philosopher, theologian, and ethicist. Currently, he is a full professor at the Boston University School of Theology and convener of the Religion and Science doctoral program in Boston University’s Graduate School. He is founding co-director of the Institute for the Biocultural Study of Religion and founding co-editor of the journal Religion, Brain & Behavior. Wildman’s academic work has focused on interpreting religion and building theories of religious beliefs, behaviors, and experiences that acknowledge value in longstanding traditions while attempting to remain intellectually viable in light of the biological, cognitive, evolutionary, physical, and social sciences. He is an important figure in the religion and science field, along with scholars such as Robert John Russell, Nancey Murphy, and John Polkinghorne.