The author of Forgiving Philosophy (DeGruyter), Daniel R. Esparza is a researcher at the Blanquerna Observatory of Media, Religion, and Culture, and an associate professor at the Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona. He holds a PhD in Religion (Columbia University), a Masters Degree in Religion (Columbia University), a Masters Degree in Philosophy (New School for Social Research), an Mg.Sc. Degree in Philosophy (Simón Bolívar University), and a B.A. in Art History from the Central University of Venezuela. He also has advanced certificates in comparative literature and psychoanalytic studies (Columbia University, NYC, USA). His interests include philosophy of religion (Augustine, Kierkegaard, Bataille, Arendt), anthropology (Lévi-Strauss, Geertz, Douglas), psychoanalysis (Freud, Klein, Kristeva) and Iberian mysticism (Juan de la Cruz, Teresa of Avila, Quevedo, Spinoza). He is currently writing a book on theophagy, in Spanish –Tomad y Comed: Muerte, Perdón, y Éxtasis.