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The wandering mind : what Medieval monks tell us about distraction

text The wandering mind : what Medieval monks tell us about distraction

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"-- Read more

Contents: Introduction -- The world -- Community -- Body -- Books -- Memory -- Mind -- Conclusion.

Format: text

Description: 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2023

Library	Location	Status
Kingsley Branch Library	206 KRE in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-KBL	206 KRE in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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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) Distraction (Psychology) Religious aspects Christianity Monasticism and religious orders Early church Monasticism and religious orders Middle Ages

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