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Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

By Matthew Arbo

We Would Rather Be Ruined Than Changed: Anxiety as a Moral Concept

April 16th, 2024|14 min read

By Jake Meador

The End of Choice

April 8th, 2024|13 min read

By Brewer Eberly

Heads in the Heavens (or in Hell)

April 5th, 2024|22 min read

By Brewer Eberly and Ben Frush

Teach Us to Number Our Days: Health Anxiety and Faithful Anticipation

March 18th, 2024|25 min read

By Phil Cotnoir

The Coming Psychedelic Moment

December 1st, 2023|17 min read

By Matthew Loftus

The Right Thing Has a Real Cost: Abortion Politics and Social Welfare

May 16th, 2022|7 min read

By Matthew Loftus

“legalizing marijuana won’t solve those disparities”

January 9th, 2019|1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

what role do traditional healers have in a modern healthcare system?

January 3rd, 2019|2 min read

By Matthew Loftus

more on teaching professionalism to medical students

December 18th, 2018|1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

preventing suicide with text messages

December 6th, 2018|1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

“The FDA’s Mango-Flavored Trolley Problem”

November 16th, 2018|1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

even surgeons agree: we hate EMRs!

November 13th, 2018|1 min read

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By Matthew Loftus

better birth outcomes for black babies and their mothers

November 5th, 2018|1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

how bodies matter in miscarriage

October 30th, 2018|1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

CCHF Match

October 19th, 2018|1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

life: quantity vs. quality

October 15th, 2018|1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

“Nothing can take form except within limits.”

October 9th, 2018|1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

when inadequate care kills people

October 8th, 2018|2 min read

By Matthew Loftus

everything you know about obesity is wrong — well, maybe not everything

October 5th, 2018|5 min read

By Matthew Loftus

why are we still using faxes in the 21st century, anyway?

October 4th, 2018|1 min read