Acedia & me

By Kathleen Norris

Subjects: Monasticism, Spiritual Development, Religious aspects of Melancholy, Authors, biography, Religious aspects, Monastic and religious life, Religious life, Spirituality, New York Times bestseller, Sadness, Acedia in literature, Emotions, New York Times reviewed, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2008-10-05, Christianity, Monasticism and religious orders, Apathy, Religious aspects of Sadness, Religious aspects of Apathy, Acedia, Melancholy, Christian biography, Deadly sins

Description: Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.