Acedia and its discontents
Subtitle: metaphysical boredom in an empire of desire
By: R.J. Snell
Publisher: Angelico Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Kettering, OH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781621381266; 9781621381273
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Acedia; Christian life; Catholic authors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-134).
Table of contents: title: Preface: The empire of desire; title: Introduction: A lust to annihilate: The terrible covenant of sloth; title: Part I: The weighty gift of responsibility; title: From the dirt, for the dirt; title: The great economy: three tests of good work; title: Part II: The unbearable weightiness of being; title: Hating being: sloth, boredom, nihilism; title: Bleaching things; title: Part III: Lovely resistance; title: Sabbath work, sabbath feasting; title: Small is beautiful; title: Conclusion: A cold response to life.