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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 LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
Thinking about how to eliminate America's child death discrepancy means asking hard questions about how we will collectively sacrifice.
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
People will always be skeptical of medical authorities. The authorities shouldn't make things worse by hiding potential conflicts of interest.
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
People will always be skeptical of medical authorities. The authorities shouldn't make things worse by hiding potential conflicts of interest.
Matthew Loftus
The U.S. told persecuted Christians in Iran they could come as refugees. Now they're reneging -- and resettlement of Christian refugees is down overall.
Matthew Loftus
The U.S. told persecuted Christians in Iran they could come as refugees. Now they're reneging -- and resettlement of Christian refugees is down overall.
Matthew Loftus
Steve Taylor's brilliant and terrifying music video for "Cash Cow", a song we need now more than ever.
Matthew Loftus
Steve Taylor's brilliant and terrifying music video for "Cash Cow", a song we need now more than ever.
Matthew LoftusCulturearts
Alan Jacobs has a grim prediction for the future of evangelicalism: There will of course continue to be vibrant congregations that define themselves as evangelical, but fewer and fewer as the years go by, I think. Most churches that would […]
Matthew LoftusCulturearts
Alan Jacobs has a grim prediction for the future of evangelicalism: There will of course continue to be vibrant congregations that define themselves as evangelical, but fewer and fewer as the years go by, I think. Most churches that would […]
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
The story of Jahi McMath illustrates how tenuous the idea of "brain death" really is.
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
The story of Jahi McMath illustrates how tenuous the idea of "brain death" really is.
Matthew Loftusash wednesday
Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day this year, and Barbara McClay has some good thoughts on the matter: If Valentine’s Day is about the incommensurability of feeling and gesture, Ash Wednesday presents us with the ultimate […]
