The Midday Demon: A Moral, Theological, and Biopsychosocial Analysis of Acedia

Thesis advisor: Stephen J. Pope === This dissertation provides a multidisciplinary analysis of acedia, a vice that misdirects the natural human love for God and disorders the mind and social structures. Acedia—from the Greek a- + kedos, “lack of care”—is a vice that rejects moral agency, disorders l...

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Main Author: Jones, Christopher D.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104885