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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 LoftusEconomics and Business
What does cooking mean for singles if "sex begins in the kitchen"?
Matthew LoftusCurrent Politics
Long-time Mere O reader Boromir comes to the defense of Ted Cruz against the charges leveled against him by Matthew Lee Anderson.
Matthew LoftusCulture War
The Benedict Option is addressing real problems facing the western church but sometimes seems to be cut off from the experience of the global church.
Matthew LoftusPolitics
Good policy can solve many evils, but the limits of policy are such that other forms of challenging injustice and transforming society are necessary.
Matthew LoftusEvangelicalismFormation
Matthew Loftus on the virtues of risk, the dangers of comfort, and how it all relates to the ongoing Benedict Option conversation.
Matthew LoftusWesley HillBook ReviewsSpiritual Friendship
Spiritual Friendship manages to be informative and insightful but also unnerving and challenging.
Matthew LoftusCultureFormation
What does it mean to engage culture well? Ought we retreat, assimilate, or something else? Cultural engagement is discipleship.
Matthew LoftusEthics
Brian Palmer doesn't trust medical missionaries. Matthew Loftus does an in-depth analysiss of the role evidence plays in medical missions.
Matthew Loftus
James Poulos’ recent exploration of what he dubs the Pink Police State lays out an argument that is clear, even if not immediately accessible.
Matthew LoftusSciencehealthmedicine
"It's a chemical imbalance." Often spoken, this leads us to two solutions: prayer and prozac. Should it be that way?
Matthew LoftusPoliticsCultureEconomics and Business
Do Hobby Lobby’s day-to-day practices contravene many conservative values? Are the dangers of capitalism more than we reckoned for?
Matthew Loftus
Last year, a few writers (notably our own Matthew Lee Anderson) argued against the recent radical rhetoric in Christianity. Should we reject the "radicals"?
