Acedia & me :
by Norris, Kathleen,
Published by : Riverhead Books, (New York :) Physical details: 334 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9781594489969; 1594489963.
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Acedia.
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Melancholy
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Religious aspects
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Christianity.
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Sadness
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Religious aspects
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Christianity.
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Apathy
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Religious aspects
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Christianity.
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Monastic and religious life.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-334).
Somewhere -- Tedium -- From eight bad thoughts to seven sins -- Psyche, soul, and muse -- Up and down -- Give me a word -- Acedia's progress -- Acedia's decline -- A silent despair -- The quotidian mysteries -- The "noon" of midlife -- Day by day -- And to the end arriving -- A widow's uneasy afterword -- Acedia: a commonplace book.
Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
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