We Love You, Matty: Meeting Death with Faith (Death, Value and Meaning Series) - Softcover

Dunne, Tad

9780895032034: We Love You, Matty: Meeting Death with Faith (Death, Value and Meaning Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895032031 ISBN 13: 9780895032034

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

"We Love You Matty" is disturbing, enlightening, and challenging. It is disturbing because is begins with the true story of Matty Ventresca. He was born with a severely damaged heart and given up for adoption because he was not expected to live much longer than his teens. It is enlightening because it challenges the reader's spontaneous assumptions about death and an afterlife by looking at death from the points of view of wise men and women of diverse religious traditions. It is challenging to anyone who takes seriously the findings of psychology, social studies, and history. These disciplines force us to find evidence in our everyday lives for our profoundest convictions about the spirit. In particular, Dunne proposes a "Law of Care", which integrates our ordinary experience of mortality with both findings of contemporary disciplines and spiritual faith.

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About the Author:

Tad Dunne, Ph.D., is a former Jesuit priest and has dealt with death and dying for many years. After receiving a doctorate, he taught theology at Regis College of the Toronto School of Theology for eight years. He was assigned as Director of Novices for the Jesuits of the Detroit and Chicago Provinces. Dr. Dunne has given spiritual direction to hundreds of people in addition to conducting many retreats.

Dr. Dunne is a staff artist for America magazine, a weekly magazine of critique and opinion published by the Society of Jesus. In addition, he chairs an ethics committee for the Henry Ford Health System's Center for Senior Independence.

Review:

"This book will shake your hope with encouragement, a move to repentance or a turning around, and hope." -- Rev. Dr. Richard B. Gilbert, BCC, Resources Hotline, Volume 3, Number 29

"This is a carefully written and mature book that deals with many vital issues with great insight. ...a remarkable book" -- Myles Rearden, C.M. Maynooth, Irish Theological Quarterly

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