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Writings of Tad Dunne

 

 

 

Below are materials under four headings:
Spirituality,
Philosophy,
Healthcare Management,
and Guidelines for Students.
Click on the title you select below:

 

 Spirituality

Being a Teen

A guide for teenagers to know “how to be” and “how not to be.”

Guilt and Healing

Three distinct kinds of guilt, and their corresponding kinds of healing, based on the works of the Freudian psychologists Karen Horney and Claudio Naranjo.

Image of God in Death

Eight questions about what God is like, given the reality that we all die. Based on the life of Matty Ventresca, who was born with half a heart, and died at nine years old. 

Spiritual Care for the Dying

Practical approaches for nourishing the spirits of the dying.

Rules for Discerning Inspirations

Rules for testing which interior inspirations are likely from God and which are not.

Rules for Discerning Stories

Rules for testing which stories represent the movements of God in history and which do not.

Exercises to Experience Love

Exercises for experiencing the gift of God’s love and of loving with God’s love.

Spirituality and the Arts 

A correspondence over several years with Jerry Graham, SJ, about spirituality and the arts, with particular emphasis on Jesuit spirituality.

Cultural Milieus of the Spiritual Exercises

A comparison of the culture of Ignatius and our own as they affect people who undertake the program of spiritual exercises developed by Ignatius Loyola.

Spiritual Mentoring (PDF)  (Microsoft Word)

A book for spiritual mentors. Suitable for reprinting in a 3-ring binder. Originally published by HarperSanFrancisco, 1991

Spiritual Exercises (PDF) (Microsoft Word)

A book of spiritual exercises, updated from the original “Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.” Suitable for reprinting in a 3-ring binder. Originally published by HarperSanFrancisco, 1991

Spiritual Wisdom in the Letters of St. Ignatius

A collection of passages from the letters of St. Ignatius Loyola.

Extremism in Ignatius Loyola

An account of how Ignatius’ keen sense of moderation in practical matters was the fruit of an extreme vigilance over interior movements of thoughts and feelings.

Realism in Ignatius Loyola

An account of how Ignatius’ intellectual realism grounded his sense of objectivity and enabled him to identify “grace,” “thoughts,” and “desire” as key  categories in a spiritual theology.

Health Care Management

National Health Care and the Grammar of Management.

Presents five levels of management — mission, quality, objectives, planning, and behavioral. Focused on national health care systems but applicable to most corporate enterprises

Group Level Ethics of Managed Care

Presents five ethical issues related to managed care. Follows with five ethical principles applicable to these issues.

Philosophy

A History of Technology and the Human Condition

Sketches how the Axial Age (Jaspers), modern science, and Lonergan’s notion of “praxis” relate to the development of technology. Particular emphasis on how modern science and political economies shape technologies.

Exercises to Notice Norms In Consciousness

Exercises for noticing the norms in consciousness. Part of an effort to provide a common ground for assessing any ethical principles and moral views.

A Philosophy of Art

An analysis of how artists make artistic decisions, and how these decisions can be affected by biases.

Moral Objectivity

A discussion of what objectivity means in moral opinions and decisions.

Method in Ethics

An extension of Lonergan’s generalized empirical method into the field of ethics.

Desire 

An analysis of the functions of desire as it relates to spirituality. Originally published in The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, ed. Michael Downey. Liturgical Press, 1993, pp. 265-269.

Experience

An analysis of the meaning of “experience” as it relates to spirituality. Originally published in The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, ed. Michael Downey. Liturgical Press, 1993, pp. 365-377

College and the Christian Vision

Explores Christian perspectives on social progress, on what “real” means, and on a person’s “calling.”.

The Christian Story Endures

An analysis of how the Christian story is a “saving” story.

Lonergan’s Method

An entry in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Covers the main ideas in Lonergan’s works, with special emphasis on ethics.

The Next Evolution of Ethics

Text of a presentation on the revolution that a generalized empirical method can effect in ethics.

Ethical Issues in Technology

A survey taken from recent literature of ethical issues related to technology.

 

Guidelines for Students

Academic Writing

Promotes the ideal of “engagement.” Presents instructors’ criteria for evaluating student papers. Summarizes rules for citations.

Clear Writing

13 tips for writing clearly and effectively

Online Discussions

Guidelines for asynchronous, online discussions

Onground Discussions

Guidelines for classroom discussions

Organizing the Essay

Guidelines for ensuring that essays follow the assignment directives, with examples.

SMART Goals

Guidelines for setting goals and meeting them effectively.