The wandering mind : what medieval monks tell us about distraction /

The wandering mind : what medieval monks tell us about distraction /

"A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge, and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later"--

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Main Author: Kreiner, Jamie, 1982- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Independent Publishers Since 1923, [2023].

Edition: First edition.

Subjects:

Distraction (Psychology) > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Monasticism and religious orders > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Monasticism and religious orders > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.

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Call Number: BR195 .D57 K74

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Summary:"A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge, and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later"--
Physical Description:274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781631498053