The 'noonday devil': managing clergy burnout and the sin of acedia

W Benjamin Pratt

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The 'noonday devil': managing clergy burnout and the sin of acedia

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W Benjamin Pratt. The 'noonday Devil': Managing Clergy Burnout and the Sin of Acedia. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/8a85ae0e-d779-493c-b87c-d4be2849449c?locale=de.

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W. B. Pratt. The 'noonday devil': managing clergy burnout and the sin of acedia. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/8a85ae0e-d779-493c-b87c-d4be2849449c?locale=de

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W Benjamin Pratt. The 'noonday Devil': Managing Clergy Burnout and the Sin of Acedia. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/8a85ae0e-d779-493c-b87c-d4be2849449c?locale=de.

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W Benjamin Pratt

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Burnout has only recently become an area of concern and research in the social services and people-helping professions. This project-thesis investigates causes and symptoms of burnout in the clergy and their similarity to the ancient sin of acedia, titled the 'Noonday Devil' by the Desert Fathers. The project provides a spiritual direction setting in which interdenominational clergy can: understand burnout as a bio-psycho-social-spiritual phenomenon and relate it to their lives; understand the sin of acedia and grasp the need for forgiveness; and explore some of the preventive and curative measures with a special emphasis on spiritual formation.

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