RT Article
T1 Evagrius on Sadness
JF Cistercian studies quarterly
VO 44
IS 4
SP 395
OP 409
A1 Christie, Douglas E.
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1936055198
AB The article discusses the role of sadness in the spiritual life of Christian. It focuses on the moral and spiritual importance of sadness within the Christian spirituality, centering on the impact of sadness to the life of monks. It also accounts how Christians tend to accept the challenge to morally and spiritually struggle and understand the presence of sadness. In addition, it accounts the work of fourth-century monastic writer Evagrius of Pontus on the function of sadness among Christian.
K1 Christianity
K1 Christians
K1 Emotions & religion
K1 Evagrius of Pontus
K1 MENTAL depression
K1 Religion
K1 Religious Life
K1 Sadness