Joel Looper
Joel Looper teaches English and religion at Live Oak Classical School in Waco, TX.
12 entries by Joel Looper
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.