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Writings of Tad Dunne |
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An account of the emergence of modern
science and how the knowlege it brings relates to religious knowledge.
Particular emphasis is given on how the human sciences affect people's
ordinary religious beliefs. 10 pages. A lecture given to graduating seniors at
Siena Heights University. 8 pages. |
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Spirituality |
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A guide for teenagers to know "how to be" and "how not to be." |
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Three distinct kinds of guilt, and their corresponding kinds of
healing, based on the works of the Freudian psychologists Karen Horney and
Claudio Naranjo. |
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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. |
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Practical approaches for nourishing the spirits of the dying. |
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Rules for Discerning Inspirations Rules for testing which interior inspirations are likely from God and
which are not. |
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Rules for testing which stories represent the movements of God in
history and which do not. |
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Exercises for experiencing the gift of God's love and of loving with
God's love. |
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A correspondence over several years with Jerry Graham, SJ, about
spirituality and the arts, with particular emphasis on Jesuit spirituality. |
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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. |
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Spiritual Wisdom in the Letters of St. Ignatius A collection of passages from the letters of St. 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. 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
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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 |
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Group Level
Ethics of Managed Care Presents five ethical issues related to managed care. Follows with
five ethical principles applicable to these issues. |
Philosophy / Theology
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How the question of God arises from wonder about our historicity, our nature, our personal existence, and our religion. |
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Doing Better: The Next Revolution
in Ethics Marquette University Press, 2010
Table of Contents Study Guide with references
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Exercises for noticing the norms in consciousness. Part of an effort
to provide a common ground for assessing any ethical principles and moral views. |
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Based on an assertion that people do not want to think. Developed with
emphasis on the four biases identified by Lonergan, plus a bias of
"secularism." 11 pages. Technology
& the Human Condition Contains 13 lectures, including "The History of Technology &
the Human Condition" and illustrations by the author. PDF/97 pages. An account of five views:
Immortality as merging with the universe, as being remembered, as continuing
into a next life, as reaching timeless meaning, and as love. |
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An analysis of
how artists make artistic decisions and how these decisions can be affected
by biases. |
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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. |
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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 |
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An article published in Method:
Journal of Lonergan Studies 13/2 (Fall '95) proposing interpretations of
what Lonergan meant by "Being in Love" and similar issues. Includes
addenda with material discovered later. |
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The Christian, the News, and
Prayer A theological
perspective on how the Christian watches the news and prays. |
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College and the Christian Vision Explores Christian perspectives on social progress, on what
"real" means, and on a person's "calling." An analysis of
how the Christian story is a "saving" story. |
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An entry in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Covers the main ideas in Lonergan's works, with special emphasis on ethics. |
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A short introduction for students. |
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Sources of
Key Terms in Lonergan A list of 61 key
terms, followed by the main primary sources. |
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Text of a
presentation on the revolution that a generalized empirical method can bring
about in ethics. |
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A History of
Christian Theological Ethics A brief history covering (I) Scripture (2) Turn to Philosophy,
(3) Ethical Systems, (4) Faith & Works, (5) Turn to the
Subject, and (6) 20th Century Issues. |
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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. |
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An extension of
Lonergan's generalized empirical method into the field of ethics. |
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A discussion of
what objectivity means in moral opinions and decisions. |
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Definitions of basic terms. |
Guidelines for
Students
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Seventeen
lectures for adult learners. Topics include Intelligent Learning, SMART
Planning, Academic Engagement, Faith &Learning, Images of God, Literacy,
Notetaking, Tests & Grades, Critical Thinking, and Critical Healing. |
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Promotes the ideal of "engagement." Presents instructors'
criteria for evaluating student papers. Summarizes rules for citations. |
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13 tips for writing clearly and effectively |
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Guidelines for asynchronous, online discussions |
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Guidelines for classroom discussions |
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Guidelines for ensuring that essays follow the assignment directives,
with examples. |