Jon M. Sweeney is an inde­pen­dent schol­ar, cul­ture crit­ic, and pop­u­lar speak­er with 25 years of expe­ri­ence in spir­i­tu­al­i­ty trade pub­lish­ing. He is the author of six­teen books, focus­ing on pop­u­lar medieval his­to­ry and spir­i­tu­al mem­oir. Raised a fun­da­men­tal­ist Protes­tant, today Jon is a Catholic who prefers a monas­tic-style practice.