RT Article
T1 Acedia and student life: Ancient Christian wisdom for addressing boredom, distraction, and over-commitment in undergraduates
JF International journal of Christianity & education
VO 21
IS 3
SP 186
OP 196
A1 Aijian, J L
LA English
PB Sage Publishing
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1808830261
AB Although the deadly vice of acedia is prevalent in contemporary student culture, it is often misunderstood as mere carelessness. This article reconstructs the ancient meaning of acedia, highlighting its outward markers and arguing for a complex account of its internal motivations grounded in the work of John Cassian. These insights are then applied to the experience of contemporary educators with students who are listless or distracted. Students who manifest acedia ought to be understood as not merely careless, but possibly suffering from a kind of paralysis brought on by anxiety or despair. Finally, Cassian suggests some remedies available to educators.
K1 Seven Deadly Sins
K1 John Cassian
K1 Boredom
K1 Anxiety
K1 Acedia
DO 10.1177/2056997117725343