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Brewer EberlyFeaturedHealth and Medicine

Medical (and Theological) Reasoning in a Pandemic | Mere Orthodoxy

The great challenge for doctors and nurses during a pandemic is not finding easy answers, but being the kind of people able to provide dignified care.

Nathan CantuFeaturedHealth and MedicineFormation

Prudence, Paranoia, and Loving Our Neighbor | Mere Orthodoxy

In order to love our neighbors well, the church must commit itself to faith in Christ and the prudent practice of neighborly love.

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine

Our Lives or Our Freedom: The Fear of Tyranny in a Time of Pandemic

Much of the debate about the pandemic's effect on our freedom begins with a severely mistaken notion of freedom.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedHealth and Medicinehealth

The Ethics of Healthcare Rationing - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The call comes in the middle of my clinic session at the hospital in rural Kenya where I work. I apologize to the patient in front of me and answer my phone. It’s the emergency department at the hospital in […]

Guest WriterFeaturedembodimentHealth and Medicinehealth

Against an Economy Financed by Human Bodies | Mere Orthodoxy

The late capitalist economy has found many ways of turning the exploitation of human bodies into a booming business.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedHealth and Medicinehealth

Book Review: Between Life and Death by Kathryn Butler | Mere Orthodoxy

Matthew Loftus reviews Kathryn Butler's new book which seeks to provide a Christian framework for thinking about end-of-life medical care.

Guest WriterFeaturedHealth and Medicine

Faithful Suffering and Medicine After "The Baconian Project" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

By John Brewer Eberly, Jr., MD and Ben Frush, MD We recently published a case commentary in the AMA Journal of Ethics titled, “What Should Physicians and Chaplains Do When a Patient Believes God Wants Him to Suffer?” which has us […]