Product Description
The Noonday Devil: Acedia
Product Description
- Abbot Nault addresses the continued presence of the demon acedia or sloth
- Historical reflection on acedia gives valuable context for modern people
- Discover what is essential to existence
Product Details
While the Middle Ages word, acedia, used to describe the most oppressive demon, we find misunderstanding surrounds it. Abbot Nault untangles the confusion in The Noonday Devil: Acedia - the Unnamed Evil of Our Time for everyday people to awaken to the presence of what is known as “sloth.” However, Noonday Devil: Acedia quickly shows that sloth or acedia is not laziness. Right away the reader understands that acedia can hide within busyness or activism because it is a spiritual dis-ease. The Noonday Devil: Acedia is a gloomy combination of weariness, sadness, and a lack of purposefulness. The Noonday Devil: Acedia shows how this present-day demon robs a person of their capacity for joy and leaves them feeling empty, or void of meaning.
The Noonday Devil: Acedia is a paperback that measures 5.2”W x 7.9”H with 208 pages that illuminates why conditions we call today depression, melancholy, burn-out, or even mid-life crisis, is really the noonday demon of acedia at work. Noonday Devil: Acedia begins your study with tracing the wisdom of the Church on acedia from the Desert Fathers to Saint Thomas Aquinas. Abbot Nault clearly demonstrates how acedia afflicts persons in all stages of life. Acedia symptoms and effects are outlined as well as remedies for interrupting how acedia tempts souls and how to use it as a zeitgeist today.
Dimensions & Specifications
- 2"W x 7.9"H
- Paperback
- 208 pages
- Written by Dom Jean-Charles Nault, O.S.B.
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