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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.

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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.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedTelevision

Finding the Gospel in Game of Thrones - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Unless you’re living under a rock (or the proverbial bushel), it’s impossible to have missed the phenomenon that is Game of Thrones. Part fantasy epic, part prestige television, its controversial subject matter has made it a bit of a touchy […]

Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine

letting dying people die is not the same as killing them - Doctors Without Boredom

The government shouldn't interfere with a parents' decision to try to keep their child alive. But keeping someone alive isn't always ethical & dignifying.

Matthew LoftusCulture

the insanity of autonomy - Doctors Without Boredom

By untethering ourselves from a sense of obligation to one another and sacralizing autonomy, we've sown the seeds for moral chaos.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Will the Church Continue to Kill People with Hepatitis C? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Friends, There is an urgent soul-cry from the culture. From our neighbors. This cry has been silenced by the church and ignored by the media.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

The healthcare problem markets and charity can't fix - Doctors Without Boredom

The government is really only good at three things: killing people, keeping people from dying, and collecting money to do the first two things

Matthew Loftus

You CAN force your morality on others! That's what government is for. - Doctors Without Boredom

Secular morality is just as convoluted as religious morality. But that's the fun part!

Matthew Loftus

New Gods and Old Demons - Doctors Without Boredom

Alan Jacobs is exploring how Wink's Powers and Gaiman's Gods interact, and I couldn't be more excited.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

5 ways to actually reform American healthcare - Doctors Without Boredom

Conservatives have failed to articulate what a just healthcare system would look like. Here are 5 options to choose from.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

Health care is not a human right, but it is also not just a market commodity - Doctors Without Boredom

Health care is a social good that buttresses the right to life. It is not a market commodity.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedChurchCulture War

A Social Justice Warrior in King Roderick's Court | Mere Orthodoxy

The Social Justice Warriors need the Benedict Option as much as the Benedict Option needs the Social Justice Warriors.

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Andy Crouch on race, power, and culture making - Doctors Without Boredom

Andy Crouch is on a podcast spree hitting on important topics like race, power, and culture making.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

addiction: the devil you can measure and the devil you can't - Doctors Without Boredom

What if addiction is a spiritual power, a hole between our brains and a demonic nether world?