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Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine

CTE , football, and black men - Doctors Without Boredom

Bradford William Davis has an excellent interview with Dr. Bennet Omalu, the Nigerian-born neuropathologist who is sounding the alarm on chronic traumatic encephalopathy: If you ask Omalu today, he’ll tell you that you should never, ever play football again. In […]

Matthew LoftusHistoryHealth & Medicine

Christians and AIDS - Doctors Without Boredom

The history of Christians and health services is a complicated one. This article by Michael Igoe is a great summary of evangelical advocacy for PEPFAR, which has provided billions of dollars for HIV treatment, and the difficult needle different parties […]

Matthew LoftusHistoryHealth & Medicine

Christians and AIDS - Doctors Without Boredom

The history of Christians and health services is a complicated one. This article by Michael Igoe is a great summary of evangelical advocacy for PEPFAR, which has provided billions of dollars for HIV treatment, and the difficult needle different parties […]

Matthew LoftusEthics

limits appropriate to the human condition - Doctors Without Boredom

It seems that a lot of criticism of technology criticism goes along the lines of “it’s not the technology, it’s user error” — and along with this critique is often the very Whiggish idea that if we just come up […]

Matthew LoftusEthics

limits appropriate to the human condition - Doctors Without Boredom

It seems that a lot of criticism of technology criticism goes along the lines of “it’s not the technology, it’s user error” — and along with this critique is often the very Whiggish idea that if we just come up […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyatomization

atomization, loneliness, and sex - Doctors Without Boredom

There has been much written about atomization and the rise of loneliness (and surely there is much more to write), but this essay by Andrea Mrozek is a good summation of the problem: The failure of the sexual revolution for […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyatomization

atomization, loneliness, and sex - Doctors Without Boredom

There has been much written about atomization and the rise of loneliness (and surely there is much more to write), but this essay by Andrea Mrozek is a good summation of the problem: The failure of the sexual revolution for […]

Matthew Loftus

Maria Goretti and #MeToo - Doctors Without Boredom

Barbara McClay has another excellent piece at Commonweal about St. Maria Goretti: For a Christian, no one can be wholly monster—indeed, some monsters are victims themselves. But the Mennonite response to Yoder should serve as a cautionary tale: The story of […]

Matthew Loftus

Maria Goretti and #MeToo - Doctors Without Boredom

Barbara McClay has another excellent piece at Commonweal about St. Maria Goretti: For a Christian, no one can be wholly monster—indeed, some monsters are victims themselves. But the Mennonite response to Yoder should serve as a cautionary tale: The story of […]

Jake Meador

Spiritual Friendship Pre-Conference: Johanna Finegan | Commonplaces

Johanna Finegan's pre-conference talk is a concise and comprehensive rebuttal to many of the criticisms of the Revoice conference.

Jake Meador

Spiritual Friendship Pre-Conference: Johanna Finegan | Commonplaces

Johanna Finegan's pre-conference talk is a concise and comprehensive rebuttal to many of the criticisms of the Revoice conference.

Matthew Loftus

loving those who would throw stones at us - Doctors Without Boredom

I have always savored Wesley Hill’s love for the Gospel; his first book, Washed and Waiting, is just full of it, which is why it’s a great book to read even if you don’t care a bit about the homosexuality debate. […]