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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 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 Loftus
“Fire and Dynamite” is the best pop-rock song released in the last ten years. Drew Holcomb has written a number of great songs over the years (check him out!), but this is the best and I’m glad I’ve gotten to […]
Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthics
Emmanuel Katongole's book is necessary reading for missionaries and anyone who relies on the trope of "tribalism" to explain violence in Africa.
Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthics
Emmanuel Katongole's book is necessary reading for missionaries and anyone who relies on the trope of "tribalism" to explain violence in Africa.
Matthew LoftusCultureEconomicsHealth & Medicine
Diet and socioeconomic status are closely linked because poverty fosters a sense of nihilism about health and the future.
Matthew LoftusCultureEconomicsHealth & Medicine
Diet and socioeconomic status are closely linked because poverty fosters a sense of nihilism about health and the future.
Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice
When the police disregard the law, everyone suffers. But how deep does the corruption revealed by the Gun Trace Task Force go?
Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice
When the police disregard the law, everyone suffers. But how deep does the corruption revealed by the Gun Trace Task Force go?
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
This essay from Joy Pedrow Skarka about pain and sex says some things that need to be heard: After our wedding, riding the elevator up to our hotel room, I looked into my groom’s eyes and saw excitement. We had […]
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
This essay from Joy Pedrow Skarka about pain and sex says some things that need to be heard: After our wedding, riding the elevator up to our hotel room, I looked into my groom’s eyes and saw excitement. We had […]
Matthew Loftus
Bob Dylan's "Every Grain of Sand"
Matthew Loftus
Bob Dylan's "Every Grain of Sand"
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
Thinking about how to eliminate America's child death discrepancy means asking hard questions about how we will collectively sacrifice.
