FRANCESC TORRADEFLOT FREIXES.

Doctor in Theology by the Faculty of Theology of Catalonia, a licensed in history of religions by the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and in Philosophy by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).  He was co-director of the program, along with Raimon Panikkar, of the IV Parliament of Religions of the World held in Barcelona. He coordinates the Catalan network of Organizations of Interreligious Dialogue and the International Network on Religions and Mediation in Urban Areas.  He is professor and researcher of the Center of Studies of the Traditions of Wisdom and Director of the UNESCO Association* for interreligious dialogue. He has published several books and articles on interreligious dialogue, religious diversity, interreligious mediation and the importance of spirituality for the culture of dialogue. Among others: Dialogue between religions. Fundamental Texts. (Trotta, 2002. eds. in Catalan and Spanish).