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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Almost Catholic Almost Catholic Jon M. Sweeney 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 t… OL12254751W
Light in the Dark Ages Light in the Dark Ages Jon M. Sweeney Sweeney, who has written several popular histories of religious movements and figures, presents a dual biography conveying the intense religious spirit of the medieval world while describing a platon… OL12254753W
Cloister Talks Cloister Talks Jon M. Sweeney Protestant author Jon Sweeney (Almost Catholic) reports on more than 20 years of conversations he's had with monks in Massachusetts, Kentucky and Georgia. In his search for God, he encountered Trappi… OL17052475W
The Road to Assisi The Road to Assisi Sabatier, Paul,Jon M. Sweeney First published in France in 1894 and out of print for several decades, Paul Sabatier's biography of Francis of Assisi was considered the first modern account of the saint, sifting through layers of … OL17775483W
Imitation of Christ Imitation of Christ Rev. William Rev. William Benham,William C. Creasy,Paul M. Bechtel,Michael Oakley,Ronald Arbuthnott Knox,Pierre Corneille,Rogers, Thomas,John Payne,Jérôme de Gonnelieu,Richard Whitford,Richard Challoner,Thomas Rogers,David Alexander MacLennan,Harold C. Gardiner,Aloysius Croft,Thomas à Kempis,Thomas Chalmers,Elder Mullan,Jon M. Sweeney,Challoner,Joseph N. Tylenda,Hal McElwaine Helms,George Hickes,Henry Parry Liddon,Richard Whitford,Sixtus V Pope,Paul Wesley Chilcote,Leo Sherley-Price,Valenti Angelo,Wilfrid Raynal,Edgar Daplyn,Henri Belleau,E. M. Blaiklock,Félicité Robert de Lamennais,Harold Bolton,Rev. William Benham,Richard Challoner,Félicité Robert De Lamennais Classic Christian devotional OL260847W
Strange Heaven Strange Heaven Jon M. Sweeney Pious devotions to Mary the mother of Jesus, once derided as superstitious by non-Catholic Christians, are reconsidered by award-winning Protestant author Sweeney (Born Again and Again). Drawing upon… OL8852084W