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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York, NY
Liveright Publishing Corporation
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Edition: | First edition |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Distraction
/ Monasticism
/ Religious life
/ History 600-1500
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| Further subjects: | B
Monasticism and religious orders
History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Distraction (Psychology) Religious aspects Christianity History To 1500 B Monasticism and religious orders History Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
| 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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1631498053 |