Joel Looper
Joel Looper teaches English and religion at Live Oak Classical School in Waco, TX.
14 entries by Joel Looper
Armageddon
By Bart D. Ehrman
What to make of the Book of Revelation?
Reading Genesis
By Marilynne Robinson
An inspired reconsideration of the Old Testament’s opener.
Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End
By Bart D. Ehrman
What to make of the Book of Revelation?
Trace & Aura
By Patrick Boucheron; translated by Lara Vergnaud and Willard Wood
A dense, edifying look at an enigmatic holy man.
Trace & Aura: The Recurring Lives of St. Ambrose of Milan
By Patrick Boucheron; translated by Lara Vergnaud and Willard Wood
A dense, edifying look at an enigmatic holy man.
Heaven and Hell
By Bart D. Ehrman
A bold, brash, sometimes problematic look at "the end."
Acts Against God: A Short History of Blasphemy
By David Nash
A disappointingly shallow dive into heresy’s backstory.
Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
By Bart D. Ehrman
A bold, brash, sometimes problematic look at "the end."
To Change the Church
By Ross Douthat
The problem with liberal theology and the pontiff who trumpets it.
Crucible of Faith
By Philip Jenkins
A remarkably complex exegesis on the Bible’s most challenging texts.
To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism
By Ross Douthat
The problem with liberal theology and the pontiff who trumpets it.
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
By Gerard Russell
An informative, compelling analysis of the world’s vanishing faiths.