Dries van den Akker S.J. (1945-2022) was born on 3 April 1945 in Delft, NL. He studied philosophy in Nijmegen and theology in Amsterdam and Paris. He was ordained as priest in 1976 in Groningen. In 1977 he completed his studies with a Master’s thesis about Patristics and Catechesis at the KTHA (Catholic University of Amsterdam) in Amsterdam. In 1983 he made his final vows. Teaching was in his blood. In 2020 his book about Mark’s Gospel Ga anders denken [Think differently] was published. Until his demise he was editor of the web journal Ignis. For more see