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020			_a9781324094449
082			_a206.57 _bKRE
100			_aKreiner, Jamie _925
245			_a The wandering mind : what medieval monks tell us about distraction
260			_aNew York : _bLiveright, _c2023
300			_a274 p. ; _bill., _c21 cm.
365			_b18.99 _c$ _d88.67
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aA 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-- The digital era is beset by distraction: we fantasize about escaping our screen, and recapturing a world with less noise. Kreiner demonstrates that the attempts of monks to contemplate the divine order and its ethical requirements were all-consuming, and their battles against distraction were never-ending. She believes that we can learn something about our own distractedness by looking closely at monks' strenuous efforts to concentrate. The result is an account of human fallibility and ingenuity that bridges a distant era and our own.
650			_aReligion and Spirituality _926
650			_aPhilosophy _927
650			_aHistory _928
650			_aDistraction Religious aspects Christianity History _929
650			_aMonasticism and religious orders History _930
650			_aEmotions and Spiritual _931
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