Vito Mancuso is professor of Modern and Contemporary Theology at Milan’s Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. He regularly contributes editorials to ‘La Repubblica’ and directs the ‘Campo dei Fiori’ series for Fazi Publishers, Rome. He has authored many books: Il dolore innocente (2002), Per amore (2005), Disputa su Dio e dintorni (2009, with C. Augias) were published by Mondadori; L’anima e il suo destino (2007) and La vita autentica (2009) by Raffaello Cortina. He contributed with others to the book Che cosa vuol dire morire (Einaudi 2010).