Emeritus Prof. dr. Roger Burggraeve was born in Passendale, Flanders (Belgium), in 1942. He is Salesian of Don Bosco (priest), a Licentiate in Philosophy (Rome, 1966), a Doctorate in Moral Theology (Leuven, 1980), an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven (1980-1988) and a Professor (Ordinarius) from 1988 till 2007; now Emeritus Professor. He was in 1995 the promotor of the PhD of Prof. dr. Didier Pollefeyt.