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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 LoftusEthics

ends and kinds in creation - Doctors Without Boredom

Matthew Arbo reflects on Oliver O'Donovan's doctrine of creation and its implications for science and ethics.

Matthew LoftusEthics

ends and kinds in creation - Doctors Without Boredom

Matthew Arbo reflects on Oliver O'Donovan's doctrine of creation and its implications for science and ethics.

Matthew LoftusCulture

the problem with values - Doctors Without Boredom

When we talk about "values" but not character, we cut ourselves off from the things we want.

Matthew LoftusCulture

the problem with values - Doctors Without Boredom

When we talk about "values" but not character, we cut ourselves off from the things we want.

Matthew LoftusFamilyHealth & Medicine

life and death for black mothers and their babies - Doctors Without Boredom

Black mothers & their children die at higher rates than their white counterparts, even when controlling for income and education. What can be done?

Matthew LoftusFamilyHealth & Medicine

life and death for black mothers and their babies - Doctors Without Boredom

Black mothers & their children die at higher rates than their white counterparts, even when controlling for income and education. What can be done?

Matthew LoftusCulture

"For G-d So Loved Haiti" - Doctors Without Boredom

There is so much here in this long essay about the controversial Pentecostal preachers of Haiti and the traditional Vodou practices: I asked [the pastor] whether he had founded Shalom to combat Vodou in the country, and he shook his […]

Matthew LoftusCulture

"For G-d So Loved Haiti" - Doctors Without Boredom

There is so much here in this long essay about the controversial Pentecostal preachers of Haiti and the traditional Vodou practices: I asked [the pastor] whether he had founded Shalom to combat Vodou in the country, and he shook his […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

performance improvement: if all you measure is garbage, you will get garbage - Doctors Without Boredom

Everybody thinks performance improvement for doctors. The problem is deciding what you're going to measure.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

performance improvement: if all you measure is garbage, you will get garbage - Doctors Without Boredom

Everybody thinks performance improvement for doctors. The problem is deciding what you're going to measure.

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

spend time with poor people, be friends and neighbors - Doctors Without Boredom

I love it when Eve Tushnet gets on her soapbox about poverty and virtue, and this great piece about the much-touted “success sequence” is no exception: The people I speak with believe they have a responsibility—there’s that word again—to achieve […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

spend time with poor people, be friends and neighbors - Doctors Without Boredom

I love it when Eve Tushnet gets on her soapbox about poverty and virtue, and this great piece about the much-touted “success sequence” is no exception: The people I speak with believe they have a responsibility—there’s that word again—to achieve […]