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Jon M. Sweeney

3.8/5 ( ratings)
Jon M. Sweeney is an independent scholar and writer of popular history. He is married, the father of three, and lives in Montpelier, Vermont. He has worked in book publishing for 25 years: after co-founding SkyLight Paths Publishing, he was the editor in chief and publisher at Paraclete Press, and in August 2015 became editorial director at Franciscan Media Books.

He has written more than 20 books, seven about Francis of Assisi, including "When Saint Francis Saved the Church" and "The Complete Francis of Assisi." HBO has optioned the film rights to "The Pope Who Quit."

Jon's first 20 years were spent as an involved evangelical ; he then spent 22 years as an active Episcopalian ; and on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi in 2009 he was received into the Catholic Church. Today, Jon is a practicing Catholic who also prays regularly with his wife, a rabbi. He loves the church, the synagogue, and other aspects of organized religion. He would never say that he's "spiritual but not religious."

In all of his writing, Jon is drawn to the ancient and medieval . Many of his books have been selections of the History Book Club, Book-of-the-Month Club, and Quality Paperback Book Club.

Jon M. Sweeney

3.8/5 ( ratings)
Jon M. Sweeney is an independent scholar and writer of popular history. He is married, the father of three, and lives in Montpelier, Vermont. He has worked in book publishing for 25 years: after co-founding SkyLight Paths Publishing, he was the editor in chief and publisher at Paraclete Press, and in August 2015 became editorial director at Franciscan Media Books.

He has written more than 20 books, seven about Francis of Assisi, including "When Saint Francis Saved the Church" and "The Complete Francis of Assisi." HBO has optioned the film rights to "The Pope Who Quit."

Jon's first 20 years were spent as an involved evangelical ; he then spent 22 years as an active Episcopalian ; and on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi in 2009 he was received into the Catholic Church. Today, Jon is a practicing Catholic who also prays regularly with his wife, a rabbi. He loves the church, the synagogue, and other aspects of organized religion. He would never say that he's "spiritual but not religious."

In all of his writing, Jon is drawn to the ancient and medieval . Many of his books have been selections of the History Book Club, Book-of-the-Month Club, and Quality Paperback Book Club.

Books from Jon M. Sweeney

Meister Eckhart's Book of Secrets: Meditations on Letting Go and Finding True Freedom

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The Road to Assisi: The Essential Biography of St. Francis

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Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart: Meditations for the Restless Soul

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Ireland's Saint: The Essential Biography of St. Patrick

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What I Am Living For: Lessons from the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton

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Jesus Wasn’t Killed by the Jews: Reflections for Christians in Lent

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Praying with Our Hands: 21 Practices of Embodied Prayer from the World's Spiritual Traditions

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The St. Clare Prayer Book

4.6/5 ( ratings)

St. Francis and the Christian Life

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Little Talks with God (Paraclete Essentials)

4.7/5 ( ratings)

The Complete Francis of Assisi: His Life, The Complete Writings, and The Little Flowers (Paraclete Giants)

4/5 ( ratings)

St. Francis and the Christian Life: A Disorderly Parable of the Epistle to the Galatians

5/5 ( ratings)

Foy: On the Road to Lost (Foy Stories)

5/5 ( ratings)

A Course in Desert Spirituality: Fifteen Sessions with the Famous Trappist Monk

5/5 ( ratings)

Meister Eckhart's Book of Secrets: Meditations on Letting Go and Finding True Freedom

5/5 ( ratings)

Phyllis Tickle: Essential Spiritual Writings

5/5 ( ratings)

The Lure of Saints: A Protestant Experience of Catholic Tradition

5/5 ( ratings)

The Little Flowers of Saint Francis (Paraclete Heritage Edition)

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The Little Flowers of Saint Francis

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Feed the Wolf: Befriending Our Fears in the Way of Saint Francis

5/5 ( ratings)
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