Contributor
Filed under
K. C. EllisCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine
My grandfather died with dignity because he reminded us that love for others, not the capacity for achievement or productivity, is true virtue.
Elizabeth SticeEthicsHealth and Medicine
A meaningful response to MAiD has both a legislative and communal aspect as Christians come together to provide space and care for the sick and the poor.
Matthew LoftusHealth and Medicine
Matthew Loftus responds to critics of his First Things essay on single-payer healthcare
Matthew LoftusFeaturedCultureHealth and Medicine
For a tech-skeptic lover of Wendell Berry, Ivan Illich, and Neil Postman, as a family physician I sure picked the wrong job. Doctors have always used various technologies for treating patients, from the ancient Egyptian prescription to fumigate the womb […]
Rachel Roth AldhizerFeaturedHealth and Medicine
“Did you play with other kids at the park today?” I ask my kids over lunch. “Yeah, we made a friend,” my son says, while my daughter chirps, “with a baby!” She is barely bigger than a baby herself. “But,” […]
Matthew LoftusFeaturedHealth and Medicine
In the struggle to fight COVID-19, terms like “public health” and “community health” have been bandied about in an attempt to describe the ways in which our health as individuals is not dependent on ourselves alone. Wendell Berry says: “I […]
Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine
One year ago today, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US passed 85,000, surpassing China where the virus had begun, and giving us the unenviable distinction of being #1 in the world. Today, America still holds that […]
Brad LittlejohnFeaturedHealth and Medicine
One year ago tonight, I sat in the bar of the Hotel George in downtown Washington, DC, waiting for my friend to arrive. The TV in the corner was tuned to ESPN, but for once there was no game on. […]
Joshua HeavinFeaturedHealth and Medicine
Privation If evil is a privation of the good, as held by many in the history of Christian theology, that does not imply it is passive. An all too active force, evil might be akin to an insatiable blackhole, sweeping […]
Cort GatliffFeaturedHealth and MedicineAnthropology
We live in a death-denying and death-defying culture. We know, on an intellectual level, that one day we will die, yet we tend to avoid contemplating this inescapable truth more than is strictly necessary. For modern people, death is an […]
William E. BoyceFeaturedCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine
Love of neighbor is central to the Christian life and Christian piety. Often, especially during times of plague, this love will cost us a great deal.
Justin HawkinsFeaturedCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine
The argument of this essay is simple. I want to invite Christians, particularly American evangelicals, to a new consideration of how the coronavirus might cause them to rethink what kind of healthcare policy ought to mark a flourishing society. I […]