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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 LoftusHealth & Medicine

what about Christian healthcare sharing ministries? - Doctors Without Boredom

A lot of Christians ask if healthcare sharing ministries are a good alternative to insurance. The answer: maybe!

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what about Christian healthcare sharing ministries? - Doctors Without Boredom

A lot of Christians ask if healthcare sharing ministries are a good alternative to insurance. The answer: maybe!

Matthew LoftusFeatured

The Uneasy Conscience of a Christian Liberal | Mere Orthodoxy

In which Matthew Loftus argues, contra Jake Meador, that Michael Wear's "Reclaiming Hope" is a good model of thinking about Christian cobelligerence.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedCurrent Politics

Creating a Just and Good Healthcare System | Mere Orthodoxy

Fixing the problems in American healthcare will require a different approach to health and a broader distribution of decision-making power.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedCurrent Politics

A Christian Manifesto on Healthcare and the State - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Matthew Loftus provided 14 theses for debate on Christianity, healthcare, and the responsibilities of the nation-state.

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 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 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