The Wandering Mind
What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction
New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction -- The world -- Community -- Body -- Books -- Memory -- Mind -- Conclusion.
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.
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.
ISBN:
9781631498053
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
RELIGION Christian History Kre | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.