Hymns to an Unknown God

Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life

Sam Keen

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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
01 January 1996

Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice

There is no doubt that America is in the midst of a spiritual crisis.

Millions of people are trying to find meaning in their lives by returning to old-time religions, or by seeking out new cults, fads, channelers, 12-step programs, and self-help books. Bill Moyers has called this search for spirituality ""the biggest story -- not only of the decade but of the century.""Now, Sam Keen, the New York Times bestselling author of Fire in the Belly, addresses this crisis and provides a blueprint for bringing spirituality into everyday life in Hymns to an Unknown God-Awakening the Spirit in Everyday Life.

Using practical examples from his and other people's lives, Keen tells readers how to cut through what he calls the ""spiritual bullshit,"" and recover the sacred in their love affairs, families, jobs, and politics -- in short, how to recover the ""Unknown God."" Down-to-earth and articulate, Sam Keen is a popular social commentator, philosopher, and teacher. He describes himself as ""overeducated at the Ivies,"" with degrees from Harvard and Princeton. His work has been featured in a special Bill Moyers PBS interview, and for over twenty years he was a consulting editor at Psychology Today.

How to Use Your Spiritual Bullshit Detector- In a world of one-minute solutions, false spiritual leaders, and instant spirituality, how can you tell which beliefs are valid and separate the bogus from the genuine.

Sex and the Spirit- Why is it that sex and spirituality are so interconnected and confusing? Keen explains the conflict between ""I want"" and ""I should,"" and tells readers how to integrate sensuality, sexuality and spirituality to experience truly deep and loving relationships.

Consecrating Our Days- Rituals for Living- Keen gives more than a dozen suggestions for personal rituals to remind readers of the sacredness in their everyday lives, including creating a private place as a personal sanctuary, learning to make time to think deeply, setting aside personal days as times of celebration, and more.

By: Sam Keen
Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780553375176
ISBN 10: 0553375172
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 January 1996
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sam Keen is a noted author and lecturer who has written thirteen books on philosophy and religion. He earned graduate degrees from the Harvard Divinity School and Princeton University, and spent twenty years working as an editor ofPsychology Today. Keen coproduced the Emmy-nominated PBS documentaryFaces of the Enemy, and was the subject of a PBS special with Bill Moyers entitledYour Mythic Journey with Sam Keen. When not writing or traveling around the world lecturing and giving seminars on a wide range of topics, Keen cuts wood, tends to his farm in the hills above Sonoma, takes long hikes, and practices the flying trapeze.

Reviews for Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life

Sam Keen is one of our liveliest minds. It's a joy to go with him as a guide to the byways of the soul in the search for greater meaning in life. -- Daniel Goleman, author of The Meditative Mind Sam Keen breathes pure life into the spiritual void we all may feel at times. . . his hymns and philosophical groundnotes contain the power to help heal the split -- that nameless separation -- that divides us from our world and from ourselves. -- Clarissa Pinkola Estes, bestselling author of Women Who Run With the Wolves.