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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Acedia"”.
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The Pervasive Emptiness: Acedia, Modernity, and the Boredom of Secularity
… is structured to first consider the concept of acedia in the works of Evagrius of Pontus, and Thomas Aquinas; establishing it as sorrow at the divine good, which leads to a rejection of the divine, or the transcendent. This rejection serves as the spiritual root for the epidemic of profound …
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A regenerate science : paradigms for science and theology in recent American fiction.
… between depression and the spiritual vice of acedia and seeks to guide to the reader towards new resources for recovery of the self. Fourthly, I contend that Cormac McCarthy's fiction and essays develop a meditation on a generative kind of chaos, and this vision opens up helpful and difficult …
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Time For Play? – An exploration of the nature of play and its possible contribution to the mitigation of stress and promotion of well-being particularly in the ministry of the church.
… discover if Play can be an authentic response to acedia*, particularly in the ministry of the church, and if engaging in something that doesn’t matter can have any value in the modern world. “Time for Play?” aims to make an original contribution to the understanding of parish ministry and …
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Evelyn Waugh and la nouvelle théologie.
… portrayal of personal vocation as the remedy for acedia, or sloth, which he considered the "besetting sin" of the age. Moreover, this dissertation also seeks to demonstrate how Waugh's increasingly sacramental outlook shaped the aesthetic characteristics of his later work. What ultimately becomes …