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the liberal order and its haters

April 6th, 2022 | 7 min read

By Matthew Loftus

I’ve had several conversations in the past year in person and online in which I referenced “the liberal order” or “liberalism” as me and some of my buddies understand it, only to find that I have engendered confusion with this term. Thus, I figured it would be worthwhile to write as short a post I can to explain an idea that I think is really important. (I’m not the only one, very different books are dedicating whole chapters to similar explanations!) Or if you’d prefer to skip all that, there’s a meme I made that more or less explains it.

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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press. You can learn more about his work and writing at www.matthewandmaggie.org.