Sweeney delves into the mystery, history, and imagination surrounding the life and legends of the Virgin Mary. The text offers a glimpse into how the Incarnation placed Mary at the center of salvation history.
Jon Sweeney, a self-described "evolved Protestant" and noted religious writer, has long been fascinated by the Catholic Church. However, it wasn't until he was a young missionary in the Philippines that he truly began to understand the Church's traditions, mysteries, and religious beliefs and its hold on those who follow the tradition. As he ...
This guide includes profiles of ancient, medieval, and modern figures--East and West, the sublime and the unusual--with special chapters exploring the differences between Catholic and Protestant imaginations, ancient spiritual practices of relating to saints, miracles, apparitions, stigmatas, and more.
The future of religion in America lies in the vision of the women and men who are the children and the grandchildren of the "baby boomers". It's their fresh approach that will shape the spirituality of the new millennium, and this book gives voice to their spiritual energy.
Paul Sabatier (1858-1928), a French Protestant and the first modern biographer of St. Francis, sought to find the man beneath the layers of myth and legend. Sabatier portrayed a fully human Francis, but also a gentle mystic and passionate reformer who desired to live as Jesus taught his disciples. "The Road to Assisi" presents Sabatier's biography ...
Twenty-one simple ways of using hands to speak to God to enrich devotion and ritual are presented here in word and image. Spiritual traditions represented include Anglican, Sufi, Zen, Roman Catholic, Yoga, Shaker, Hindu, Jewish, Pentecostal, and Eastern Orthodox. 21 photos.
With a remarkable range of experiences, Sweeney writes with warmth and affection for the faith he has left behind. And he offers wise reflections on those aspects of fundamentalism that all Christians might learn from.
Now including notes and annotations from other biographers, mystics, historians, and storytellers of Ireland, this resource explores Patrick's place in history, the spread of Christianity beyond the Roman Empire, how Patrick first came to Ireland, his spiritual battles with the Druids, and much more.
This joint biography illuminates what it means to be a follower of Jesus today. In this intriguing portrait of the first Franciscans, Sweeney reveals the timeless temptations that come with being human and the many ways that Francis and Clare inspired change and brought light to darkness.
This warmhearted 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 to a child--natural, easy, creative, and joyful," writes author Jon Sweeney. "Before it became common to speak in personal terms of a relationship with God, Francis did so and made it ...
Come along as author Jon 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. The ...
Sweeney's book is an invitation to experience the joy, depth, and wisdom of St. Clare, a woman the author describes as Ra well to St. Francis's river.S The volume includes a week of special prayers for morning and evening which explore seven themes from St. Clare's life and work.
First published a century ago, and long out of print, this new edition of Edmund Gardner's landmark book has been slightly abridged and supplemented with the reflections of recent biographers, historians, artists, and others--who shed fresh light on what we know about St. Catherine of Siena.
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. Stepping beyond the purely intellectual, armchair journey, he uncovers what once drove men ...
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