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Sam Keen

Born

in The United States

June 25, 1931

Died

March 23, 2025

Website

http://www.samkeen.com

Genre

Spirituality, Philosophy, Religion

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Sam Keen was an American author, professor, and philosopher who is best known for his exploration of questions regarding love, life, wonder, religion, and being a male in contemporary society. He co-produced Faces of the Enemy, an award-winning PBS documentary; was the subject of a Bill Moyers' television special in the early 1990s; and for 20 years served as a contributing editor at Psychology Today magazine. He was also featured in the 2003 documentary Flight from Death.
Keen completed his undergraduate studies at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and later completed graduate degrees at Harvard University and Princeton University.
Keen was married to Patricia de Jong, who was a former senior minister of First Congregational Ch ...more

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The Chicken Coop

One of the hardest parts of writing Prodigal Father Wayward Son was figuring out how to organize all of the chapters �� and which to keep and which to leave out.�� One of our early themes centered around epic fights we had had.�� This didn��t work out in the end, but here��s an account of one of our worst fights.�� Initially we each wrote our own version, and it wasn��t until later that we dec

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Average rating: 4.04 · 17,832 ratings · 1,934 reviews · 69 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man 3.80 avg rating — 1,471 ratings — published 1991 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sightings: Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds by Sam Keen, Mary Woodin (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Love and Be Loved 4.16 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Mythic Journey: Finding Meaning in Your Life Through Writing and Storytelling by Sam Keen, Anne Valley-Fox 3.76 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life 4.29 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faces of the Enemy: Reflections of the Hostile Imagination 4.16 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learning to Fly: Reflections on Fear, Trust, and the Joy of Letting Go 4.03 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Absence of God: Dwelling in the Presence of the Sacred 4.11 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To a Dancing God: Notes of a Spiritual Traveler 4.08 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1970 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Passionate Life: Stages of Loving 4.06 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1983 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”
― Sam Keen, To Love and Be Loved

tags: learn, love, perfect, person

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“There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?'

If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.”
― Sam Keen, Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man

tags: addiction, clinging, codependency, dysfunctional-relationship, howard-thurman, manhood, purpose-in-life

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“Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed; you're a zombie, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker. False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system.”
― Sam Keen, Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man

tags: burnout, depression, wisdom

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