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The Little Flowers of Saint Francis

By Jon M. Sweeney

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Hardcover:

9781557257840 | Paraclete Pr, August 1, 2011, cover price $17.99

Paperback:

9781612618364 | Paraclete Pr, October 28, 2016, cover price $10.99

The Enthusiast: How the Best Friend of Francis of Assisi Almost Destroyed What He Started: The Untold Story of Elias of Cortona

Product Description: Popular historian and award-winning author Jon M. Sweeney relates the untold story of St. Francis's friendship with Elias of Cortona, the man who helped him build the Franciscan movement. Sweeney uses the complexities of their relationship in a gripping narrative of how their efforts changed the world and how Elias's enthusiasm betrayed the ideals of his friend...read more

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781594716010 | Ave Maria Pr, April 8, 2016, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Popular historian and award-winning author Jon M.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essential Spiritual Writings

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781626981775 | Orbis Books, January 26, 2016, cover price $22.00

Phyllis Tickle: Essential Spiritual Writings

Product Description: Phyllis Tickle has guided, inspired, and informed readers about spiritualty and religion for over six decades. Her series THE DIVINE HOURS has won the observance of fixed-hour prayer legions of new adherents; her analysis of the Emergence Christianity and its precedents, history, and challenges has reached people previously uninformed about this new movement of vitality and renewal within the mainstream churches; and her reflections on every stage of her life as a wife, mother, teacher, and publisher--reflected here in her essays, sermons, lectures, and poetry--has comforted countless Christians and Christians-to-be in their own searches and struggles...read more

By Jon M. Sweeney (editor)

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9781626981379 | Orbis Books, September 30, 2015, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Phyllis Tickle has guided, inspired, and informed readers about spiritualty and religion for over six decades.

The Complete Francis of Assisi: His Life, the Complete Writings, and the Little Flowers

By Jon M. Sweeney (editor)

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9781612616889 | Paraclete Pr, August 1, 2015, cover price $24.99

9780416158809, titled "Honour and Offer" | Methuen, May 1, 1981, cover price $6.95 | also contains Honour and Offer

When Saint Francis Saved the Church: How a Converted Medieval Troubadour Created a Spiritual Vision for the Ages

Jon Sweeney demonstrates that Francis himself became a conversion experience for all of Christian history, reviving the Church and revolutionizing how we think about the poor and marginalized, our relationship to the created world, and even our own mortality. The fascinating story of this unruly young man who saved the Church will inspire you change your corner of the world.

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781594714863 | Ave Maria Pr, September 8, 2014, cover price $22.00

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9781616368999 | Franciscan Media, September 8, 2014, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Jon Sweeney demonstrates that Francis himself became a conversion experience for all of Christian history, reviving the Church and revolutionizing how we think about the poor and marginalized, our relationship to the created world, and even our own mortality.

Inventing Hell: Dante, the Bible and Eternal Torment

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781455582242, titled "Inventing Hell: Dante, The Bible, and Eternal Torment" | Grand Central Pub, June 17, 2014, cover price $16.00

Francis and Clare: A True Story

Product Description: This joint biography illuminates the lives of Francis and Clare and their way of life. It shows how they were bound together by devotion to God as well as the violent objections of their families to religious life. It explores a variety of issues they faced, including the treatment of lepers in medieval society, corruption in the church, and attitudes toward the created world...read more

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781612614540 | Paraclete Pr, January 1, 2014, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: This joint biography illuminates the lives of Francis and Clare and their way of life.

The Age of the Spirit: How the Ghost of an Ancient Controversy Is Shaping the Church

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9780801014802 | Baker Pub Group, January 7, 2014, cover price $19.99

Francis of Assisi in His Own Words: The Essential Writings

By Jon M. Sweeney (trans)

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9781612610696 | Paraclete Pr, April 28, 2013, cover price $15.99

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

Product Description: Explore Patrickâs place in history, the spread of Christianity beyond the Roman Empire, how Patrick first came to Ireland, the influence of the earlier Palladius on Patrickâs work, political and social conditions at that time, and the spiritual battles with the Druids...read more

By J. B. Bury and Jon M. Sweeney (editor)

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9781557255570 | Paraclete Pr, September 30, 2008, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Discover how a boy became devoted to the people who enslaved him, returned to their shores, and changed Ireland forever.

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9781612613338 | Reprint edition (Paraclete Pr, January 2, 2013), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Explore Patrickâs place in history, the spread of Christianity beyond the Roman Empire, how Patrick first came to Ireland, the influence of the earlier Palladius on Patrickâs work, political and social conditions at that time, and the spiritual battles with the Druids.

9781557256829 | Paraclete Pr, February 1, 2010, cover price $15.99

Praying With the Saints

Product Description: Learn the meaning of ancient ways of praying

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781612612492 | Paraclete Pr, October 1, 2012, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Learn the meaning of ancient ways of praying

The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation

Product Description: At the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom you talk to, a reformer, an instigator, a prophet, a coward, a saint, and possibly a victim of murder...read more

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9780385531894 | Original edition (Image Books, February 14, 2012), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: The riveting story of Pope St.

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9781616364175 | Franciscan Media, March 7, 2012, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: At the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world.

Verily, Verily: The KJV - 400 Years of Influence and Beauty

By Jon Sweeney

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9780310320258 | Zondervan, February 28, 2011, cover price $18.99

Little Talks With God

Product Description: From the time she was a young child, Catherine of Siena sought God ceaselessly in both contemplation and action. By the time she was twenty-one, she had experienced her mystical "marriage" to Jesus Christ, and had thrown herself tirelessly into ministering to the poor and the sick...read more

By St Catherine of Siena and Jon M. Sweeney (foreword by)

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9781557257796 | Paraclete Pr, August 1, 2010, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: From the time she was a young child, Catherine of Siena sought God ceaselessly in both contemplation and action.

Beauty Awakening Belief: How the Medieval Worldview Inspires Faith Today

Product Description: In the spring of 2008, Jon Sweeney set out to discover firsthand two of the finest examples of medieval faith, the Abbey of Mont St. Michel, on the Normandy coast, and the soaring Chartres Cathedral, in the fields of the Loire Valley one hour south of Paris...read more

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9780819223708 | Morehouse Pub Co, September 1, 2009, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: In the spring of 2008, Jon Sweeney set out to discover firsthand two of the finest examples of medieval faith, the Abbey of Mont St.

Cloister Talks: Learning from My Friends the Monks

Product Description: Come along as author Jon M. Sweeney sits in the warm October sun talking with Father Luke or enjoys a December afternoon in the monastery with Father Ambrose. In Cloister Talks, Sweeney offers a rare glimpse into his decades-long friendships with monks and shares the wisdom and insight for everyday living he has gained along the way...read more

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781587432682 | Brazos Pr, May 1, 2009, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Come along as author Jon M.

Miscellaneous:

9781441204264 | Brazos Pr, May 1, 2009, cover price $12.99

Almost Catholic: An Appreciation of the History, Practice, and Mystery of Ancient Faith

Product Description: Jon Sweeney, a self-described âevolved Protestantâ and noted religious writer, has long been fascinated by the Catholic Church. However, it wasnât until he was a young missionary in the Philippines that he truly began to understand the Churchâs traditions, mysteries, and religious beliefs and its hold on those who follow the tradition...read more

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9780787994709 | Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, February 25, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Jon Sweeney, a self-described âevolved Protestantâ and noted religious writer, has long been fascinated by the Catholic Church.

Light in the Dark Ages: The Friendship of Francis and Clare of Assisi

SUPERANNO Light in the Dark Ages explores how Francis was first found by God and then joined by Clare despite the violent objections of her family, and delves into a variety of issues they faced including the treatment of lepers in medieval society, corruption in the thirteenth-century Church, and changing attitudes toward the created world. History Book Club, BOMC, Readers Subscription, Crossings Book Club, One Spirit Book Club, & QPB.

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781557254764 | Paraclete Pr, July 12, 2007, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Explores how Francis was first found by God and then joined by Clare despite the violent objections of her family, and delves into a variety of issues they faced including the treatment of lepers in medieval society, corruption in the thirteenth-century Church, and changing attitudes toward the created world.

St. Clare Prayer Book: Listening for God's Leading

A spiritual invitation to experience the joy, depth, and wisdom of St. Francis's best friend includes a week of special prayers for morning and evening that will refresh and deepen any relationship with God by exploring themes from St. Clare's life and writings, including purity, true discipleship, and redefining family. Original.

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781557255136, titled "The St. Clare Prayer Book: Listening for God's Leading" | Paraclete Pr, February 28, 2007, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A spiritual invitation to experience the joy, depth, and wisdom of St.

Strange Heaven: The Virgin Mary As Woman, Mother, Disciple And Advocate

Offering a glimpse into how the Incarnation placed Mary at the center of salvation history, an investigation into the mystery surrounding the Virgin Mary explores the many meanings of her life and legacy for all people. $15,000 ad/promo.

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781557254320 | Paraclete Pr, September 1, 2006, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Offering a glimpse into how the Incarnation placed Mary at the center of salvation history, an investigation into the mystery surrounding the Virgin Mary explores the many meanings of her life and legacy for all people.

The Lure of Saints: A Protestant Experience of Catholic Tradition

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By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781557254191 | Paraclete Pr, May 1, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: All Christians share ancient traditions of making saints and practicing faith in the midst of a cloud of witnesses.

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9781557255068 | Paraclete Pr, September 1, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Slight bend in book.

Born Again And Again: Surprising Gifts Of A Fundamentalist Childhood

Product Description: "When I was five, I knelt with my father in the living room of our house to ask Jesus into my heart." So begins Jon Sweeney's spiritual memoir of his childhood experiences. Full of poignancy, humor, and surprise, Born Again and Again explores aspects of Christian fundamentalism not usually seen: the mysticism of God indwelling the body, religious certainty and its positive and negative effects, powerful experiences of worship, community, and trust, and most of all, the importance of struggling with matters of faith until they are truly one's own...read more

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781557254313 | Paraclete Pr, August 1, 2005, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: "When I was five, I knelt with my father in the living room of our house to ask Jesus into my heart.

The Road To Assisi: The Essential Biography Of St. Francis

Portrays a fully human Francis, with insecurities and fear, but also a gentle mystic and passionate reformer who desired to live as Jesus taught his disciples, supplemented with insights from scholars and writers including Bonaventure, Dante, G.K Chesterson and Umberto Eco. Reissue.

By Paul Sabatier and Jon M. Sweeney (editor)

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9781612614632 | 120 anv edition (Paraclete Pr, February 28, 2014), cover price $15.99

9781557254016 | Reissue edition (Paraclete Pr, September 1, 2004), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Portrays a fully human Francis, with insecurities and fear, but also a gentle mystic and passionate reformer who desired to live as Jesus taught his disciples, supplemented with insights from scholars and writers including Bonaventure, Dante, G.

The St. Francis Prayer Book: A Guide to Deepen Your Spiritual Life

Product Description: This warm-hearted little book is a window into the soul of St. Francis, one of the most passionate and inspiring followers of Jesus. "Prayer was to Francis as play is to a child: natural, easy, creative, and joyful," author Jon Sweeney tells us...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Jon M. Sweeney

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9781557253521 | Paraclete Pr, February 1, 2004, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: This warm-hearted little book is a window into the soul of St.

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