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Acedia & meAcedia & me

Acedia & me2008

A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life

Kathleen Norris

4.3(3)on Hardcover

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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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First published
2008
OL Work ID
OL1838504W

Subjects

Religious aspects of SadnessSpiritual DevelopmentMelancholyReligious aspectsReligious aspects of ApathyApathyChristianityMonasticismSpiritualitySadnessReligious aspects of MelancholyMonastic and religious lifeAcediaReligious lifeAcedia in literatureChristian biographyMonasticism and religious ordersnyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2008-10-05

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