Search - List of Books by Sam Keen
"A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls." -- Sam Keen
Sam Keen is a noted American author, professor and philosopher who is best known for his exploration of questions regarding love, life, religion, and being a man in contemporary society. He also 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.
Keen completed his undergraduate studies at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania and later completed graduate degrees at Harvard University and Princeton University.
Keen is married to Rev. Patricia de Jong, who is Senior Minister at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, United Church of Christ, in Berkeley, California.
"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.""We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.""You can know what's in your life when you know what's in your heart."
- In print:
- In the Absence of God: Dwelling in the Presence of the Sacred (2010)
- Sightings: Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds (Chronicle Books, 2007)
- Faces of the Enemy (Harper and Row, 2004)
- Learning to Fly: Reflections on Fear, Trust, and the Joy of Letting Go (1999)
- To Love and Be Loved (Bantam, 1997)
- Hymns to an Unknown God (Bantam, 1994)
- Inward Bound: Exploring the Geography of Your Emotions (Bantam, 1992)
- Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man (Bantam, 1991)
- Your Mythic Journey (Tarcher, 1990)
- 'Out of Print:
- The Passionate Life (Harper and Row)
- Beginnings Without End (Harper and Row, 1975)
- To a Dancing God (Harper and Row, 1970)
- Apology for Wonder (Harper and Row, 1969)
Total Books: 62