The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times by Akvilė Melkūnaitė, Michael J. Miller, Jean-Charles Nault

The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times

Akvilė Melkūnaitė, Michael J. Miller, Jean-Charles Nault

205 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative slow-paced
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The noonday devil is the demon of acedia, the vice also known as sloth. The word "sloth," however, can be misleading, for acedia is not laziness; in fact it can manifest as busyness or activism. Rather, acedia is a gloomy combination of weariness,...

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