Samuel J. Klumpenhouwer holds a PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto. He specializes in the ecclesiastical and institutional history of medieval Europe, particularly the development of theology and canon law. His second, forthcoming, book is an introduction, critical edition, and translation of John of Kent's Summa de penitencia, a thirteenth-century manual for confessors that taught them the laws and theology of the Church, and trained them to exercise proper judgment (arbitrium) when administering the sacrament of confession. Dr. Klumpenhouwer teaches the liberal arts at Saint Teresa Catholic School in Sugar Land, Texas, where he lives with his wife and daughter, Mary Snow.
