Teresa Guardans (Barcelona, 1956) is a philologist and a PhD in Humanities from the University Pompeu Fabra. After a first professional stage developed in the field of public libraries, has for some years professor at the Center for the Study of Religious Traditions in Barcelona (scepter). She is the author of Knowing marginata (1997), Religions: Five Keys (2006) and coauthor of The Directorate SETENA: the conreu of interioritat (2008) and A History of Religions (2009).