Title: Still bored in a culture of entertainment : rediscovering passion and wonder /
Authors: Winter, Richard, 1945-
Publisher: InterVarsity Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Boredom Religious aspects Christianity; Christian life.
Contents: Three yawns for boredom! -- Basics of boredom : understimulation, repetition and disconnection -- Two types of boredom : the long and the short of it -- Entertained to excess : leisure, overstimulation and the entertainment industry -- Advertised to apathy : the stimulation and disappointment of desire -- Why some people are more likely to get bored : perception, personality and proneness -- Negated to numbness : anxiety, disappointment and emotional shutdown -- A trip back in time : medieval boredom, melancholy and grief -- From sin to self-fulfillment : religion, the right to happiness and lack of inner resources -- Haunted by hopelessness : postmodernism, indifference and the loss of meaning -- The bitter fruits of boredom : sexual addiction, aggression and risk taking -- Counteracting boredom : six easy steps to an exciting, never-bored-again life! -- Not so easy, not so fast : some foundational themes of life -- Why get up in the morning? : boredom and the battle.