Jon M. Sweeney
Jon M. Sweeney is an independent scholar and author of popular history, spirituality, poetry/mysticism, memoir, and young reader fiction. He's one of the most popular interpreters of the life and work of Francis of Assisi, the author of 30 books including many about St. Francis, such as "When Saint Francis Saved the Church," "The Complete Francis of Assisi," and "The Enthusiast," a biography Fr. Richard Rohr called "An immense and important contribution to our understanding of the great saint." HBO optioned the film rights to Sweeney's history about the medieval Celestine V, "The Pope Who Quit." Sweeney has been interviewed on CBS News, WGN-TV, Fox News, and CBS Saturday Morning. He lectures frequently and leads retreats.
Works (31)
Imitation of Christ
December 1977
God within
The Pope Who Quit
Cloister Talks
The St. Francis Prayer Book
Inventing Hell
Little Flowers of Saint Francis
The Complete Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi in His Own Words
Praying with our hands : 21 practices of embodied prayer from the world's spiritual traditions
The Lure of Saints
The Road to Assisi
Strange Heaven
Mixed-up love
St. Francis Holy Fool Prayer Book
Almost Catholic
Margaret's Night in St. Peter's
Ecological Impacts Of Non-Native Invertebrates And Fungi On Terrestrial Ecosystems
Beauty Awakening Belief How The Medieval Worldview Inspires Faith Today
The Saint vs. the Scholar
When Saint Francis saved the church
Margaret's First Holy Week
Almost Catholic
2008
James Martin, SJ
Born Again And Again
St. Clare Prayer Book
Inventing Hell
Three Simple Men
Light in the Dark Ages
2007
Verily verily
The enthusiast