Denis Janz grew up in Western Canada and completed his Ph.D. in the history of Christianity at St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto. He served as Provost Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at Loyola University New Orleans, and was promoted to Professor Emeritus in 2017. Histeaching, writing, and editing has covered the entire history of Christianity, while his most exacting research has focused on medieval and Reformation topics, above all Luther.
