The Slothful Modern by Matthew Kemp

Book Review

The Slothful Modern

Acedia and Its Discontents: Metaphysical Boredom in an Empire of Desire by R. J. Snell

Angelico Press, 2015
(134 pages, $14.95, paperback)

reviewed by Matthew Kemp

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